Desert Spirit Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7355 West Orangewood

Glendale AZ, 85303, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-237-4000

Ranking:

(1,145 out of 1,363, bottom 16%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Glendale 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:	46		44		43		46		47		47		43
Total Students:	917		845		806		820		926		949		846
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	17	1.8%	62	6.5%	64	7.6%
Kindergarten:	111	12.1%	93	11.0%	77	9.6%	86	10.5%	96	10.4%	109	11.5%	108	12.8%
Grade 1:	103	11.2%	89	10.5%	90	11.2%	100	12.2%	118	12.7%	112	11.8%	71	8.4%
Grade 2:	91	9.9%	104	12.3%	93	11.5%	89	10.9%	108	11.7%	85	9.0%	79	9.3%
Grade 3:	106	11.6%	98	11.6%	88	10.9%	103	12.6%	96	10.4%	97	10.2%	99	11.7%
Grade 4:	109	11.9%	99	11.7%	105	13.0%	94	11.5%	91	9.8%	103	10.9%	102	12.1%
Grade 5:	103	11.2%	109	12.9%	92	11.4%	78	9.5%	106	11.4%	101	10.6%	119	14.1%
Grade 6:	101	11.0%	87	10.3%	78	9.7%	96	11.7%	109	11.8%	109	11.5%	90	10.6%
Grade 7:	103	11.2%	80	9.5%	92	11.4%	97	11.8%	99	10.7%	98	10.3%	60	7.1%
Grade 8:	90	9.8%	86	10.2%	91	11.3%	77	9.4%	86	9.3%	73	7.7%	54	6.4%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	477	52.0%	442	52.3%	429	53.2%	427	52.1%	483	52.2%	468	49.3%	426	50.4%
Female:	440	48.0%	403	47.7%	377	46.8%	393	47.9%	435	47.0%	473	49.8%	416	49.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	20	2.2%	22	2.6%	27	3.3%	26	3.2%	18	1.9%	35	3.7%	30	3.5%
Asian:	53	5.8%	40	4.7%	36	4.5%	36	4.4%	48	5.2%	45	4.7%	32	3.8%
Hispanic:	634	69.1%	557	65.9%	535	66.4%	540	65.9%	641	69.2%	656	69.1%	586	69.3%
Black:	92	10.0%	107	12.7%	85	10.5%	90	11.0%	112	12.1%	90	9.5%	69	8.2%
White:	97	10.6%	105	12.4%	108	13.4%	112	13.7%	107	11.6%	123	13.0%	129	15.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	2.2%	13	1.5%	14	1.7%	13	1.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	748	81.6%	687	81.3%	670	83.1%	652	79.5%	738	79.7%	667	70.3%	528	62.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	76	8.3%	63	7.5%	46	5.7%	58	7.1%	72	7.8%	98	10.3%	113	13.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.98		19.25		18.74		17.83		19.70		20.20		19.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	439	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	348	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	350.07	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	355	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	348	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	439	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	439	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	438.69	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	438	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	436	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	472	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	365	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	367.54	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	368	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	364	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	456	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	459	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	463.62	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	458	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	460	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	489	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	492	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	492.71	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	494	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	489	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	485	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	375	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	377.74	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	379	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	372	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	472	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	476	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	481.48	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	484	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	478	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	509	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	509	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	478.64	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	479	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	477	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	507	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	388	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	396.3	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	395	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	397	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	483	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	487	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	497.52	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	493	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	497	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	522	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	475.26	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	480	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	485	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	535	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	406	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	406.84	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	412	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	412	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	496	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	510	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	512.32	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	518	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	519	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	527	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	535	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	482.51	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	488	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	480	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	536	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	422	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	422.45	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	420	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377	419	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	506	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	507	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	510.33	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	506	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	505	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	489	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	495	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	504.19	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	505	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	498	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	47.5%	47.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	52.5%	52.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	57.5%	45.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	42.5%	55.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,846.0	$42,509.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,580.0	$36,983.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,970.0	$47,030.0

* Desert Spirit Primary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.