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Desert Springs Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

18178 Santa Ana Ave

Nampa ID, 83687, Canyon County

Phone: 208-466-1555

Ranking:

(324 out of 489, bottom 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Vallivue School District 139

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:	30		30		29		31		32		34		32
Total Students:	674		681		631		654		616		637		674
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	119	17.7%	131	19.2%	120	19.0%	136	20.8%	111	18.0%	111	17.4%	124	18.4%
Grade 1:	131	19.4%	123	18.1%	121	19.2%	104	15.9%	118	19.2%	123	19.3%	124	18.4%
Grade 2:	106	15.7%	115	16.9%	105	16.6%	116	17.7%	103	16.7%	120	18.8%	111	16.5%
Grade 3:	109	16.2%	115	16.9%	111	17.6%	104	15.9%	108	17.5%	101	15.9%	118	17.5%
Grade 4:	101	15.0%	102	15.0%	92	14.6%	91	13.9%	85	13.8%	106	16.6%	102	15.1%
Grade 5:	108	16.0%	95	14.0%	82	13.0%	103	15.7%	91	14.8%	76	11.9%	95	14.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	358	53.1%	353	51.8%	329	52.1%	359	54.9%	318	51.6%	327	51.3%	348	51.6%
Female:	316	46.9%	328	48.2%	302	47.9%	295	45.1%	290	47.1%	302	47.4%	322	47.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	3	0.4%	5	0.7%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	8	1.2%
Asian:	4	0.6%	5	0.7%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	3	0.4%
Hispanic:	293	43.5%	299	43.9%	285	45.2%	300	45.9%	290	47.1%	284	44.6%	233	34.6%
Black:	4	0.6%	4	0.6%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	3	0.5%	32	5.0%	8	1.2%
White:	362	53.7%	360	52.9%	328	52.0%	338	51.7%	317	51.5%	315	49.5%	422	62.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	0.9%	8	1.2%	10	1.6%	6	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	392	58.2%	446	65.5%	425	67.4%	463	70.8%	412	66.9%	323	50.7%	323	47.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	68	10.1%	58	8.5%	48	7.6%	53	8.1%	64	10.4%	72	11.3%	70	10.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.80		22.70		21.76		21.02		19.10		19.00		21.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
ISAT
2008	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	43.6%	62.2%	70%
2009	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	61.9%	68.5%	73.3%
2010	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	79.1%	78.1%	73.1%
2011	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	71.7%	78.6%	73.7%
2012	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	80.7%	74.6%
2013	Language Usage	3rd Grade	% met std	80.4%	78.5%	72.9%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	70.6%	81%	87.5%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	83.5%	86.7%	86.6%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	88.9%	87.7%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	86.9%	91.2%	88.6%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	90.1%	91.3%	88.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	92.1%	92.1%	89.7%
2008	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	61%	76.4%	82.7%
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	79.4%	85.8%	86.8%
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87.3%	88.7%	88.9%
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.2%	90.1%	89.2%
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	83.7%	90.3%	88.4%
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	88.3%	89.8%	89.4%
2008	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	66%	73.9%	77.6%
2009	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	73.6%	80.3%	80.4%
2010	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	74.8%	83.3%	81.9%
2011	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	88.1%	87.2%	81.1%
2012	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	88.7%	89.7%	84.8%
2013	Language Usage	4th Grade	% met std	87.2%	87.2%	83.2%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% met std	70.9%	79%	84.2%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% met std	76.4%	87.6%	85.6%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% met std	82.5%	85.9%	84.9%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% met std	90.4%	88.6%	83.4%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	88.8%	91.8%	86.8%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	94.1%	90.1%	86.1%
2008	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	65%	76.7%	82.5%
2009	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	80.4%	85.5%	86.3%
2010	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	79.2%	85.5%	86.2%
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	87.1%	89.8%	86.7%
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	85.4%	90.5%	88.9%
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91.2%	90.9%	89.7%
2008	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	66%	71.2%	74.2%
2009	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	70.8%	76.5%	77.2%
2010	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	75%	80.1%	77.2%
2011	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	68%	80.6%	78.7%
2012	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	78%	81.2%	79.4%
2013	Language Usage	5th Grade	% met std	84.5%	85.7%	80.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% met std	77.5%	76.7%	78%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% met std	79.4%	81.1%	77.9%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% met std	73.7%	82.3%	79.8%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% met std	86.5%	84.4%	80.9%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	85.3%	84.4%	78.6%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	80.9%	83.9%	79.2%
2008	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	77.7%	80.1%	84.3%
2009	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82%	85.3%	86.5%
2010	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	81.8%	88.4%	88%
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	82.5%	87.4%	88.1%
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	86.6%	89.5%	87.8%
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	85.8%	90%	88.5%
2008	Science	5th Grade	% met std	41%	45.1%	60.1%
2009	Science	5th Grade	% met std	38.8%	56.9%	66.4%
2010	Science	5th Grade	% met std	55.5%	59.6%	64.9%
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	49.5%	60.8%	67.4%
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	61%	67.8%	69.3%
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	65.5%	71.2%	72.2%

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* Desert Springs 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.