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Desert Sonora Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

301 North Carlisle Ave

Somerton AZ, 85350, Yuma County

Phone: 928-341-6000

Ranking:

(843 out of 1,363, bottom 38%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Somerton Elementary District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	20		20		19		21		20		17		21
Total Students:	387		403		385		403		387		384		387
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	5	1.3%	4	1.0%	3	0.8%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%
Grade 1:	76	19.6%	64	15.9%	75	19.5%	85	21.1%	81	20.9%	78	20.3%	66	17.1%
Grade 2:	72	18.6%	90	22.3%	82	21.3%	77	19.1%	86	22.2%	70	18.2%	90	23.3%
Grade 3:	83	21.4%	78	19.4%	68	17.7%	87	21.6%	70	18.1%	88	22.9%	68	17.6%
Grade 4:	74	19.1%	80	19.9%	83	21.6%	74	18.4%	84	21.7%	71	18.5%	72	18.6%
Grade 5:	80	20.7%	89	22.1%	72	18.7%	76	18.9%	63	16.3%	75	19.5%	89	23.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	199	51.4%	202	50.1%	198	51.4%	202	50.1%	182	47.0%	177	46.1%	180	46.5%
Female:	188	48.6%	201	49.9%	187	48.6%	201	49.9%	197	50.9%	199	51.8%	203	52.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	4	1.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%
Asian:	0	0.0%	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	375	96.9%	388	96.3%	372	96.6%	387	96.0%	378	97.7%	381	99.2%	379	97.9%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%
White:	11	2.8%	11	2.7%	9	2.3%	12	3.0%	3	0.8%	1	0.3%	6	1.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	299	74.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	382	98.7%	268	69.8%	273	70.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	384	99.2%	42	10.4%	382	99.2%	400	99.3%	2	0.5%	51	13.3%	59	15.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.74		19.95		20.70		19.10		19.25		23.10		18.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	440	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	343	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	351.41	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	364	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355	356	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	453	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	443	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	445.65	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	455	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	448	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	475	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	376	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	382.05	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	392	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	390	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	459	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	462	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	469	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	470	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	471	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	480	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	486	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	477.11	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	479	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	475	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	500	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	380	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	388.73	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	384	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	383	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	484	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	482	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	491.28	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	482	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	483	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	526	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	521	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487.9	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	487	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	481	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	52.6%	81.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	47.4%	18.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	63.2%	62.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	36.8%	37.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,631.0	$36,422.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,351.0	$33,057.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,254.0	$42,032.0

* Desert Sonora Elementary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.