Desert Star Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2131 South 157th Ave

Goodyear AZ, 85338, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-772-5000

Ranking:

(776 out of 1,363, bottom 43%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Avondale 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:	32		29		35		40		39		45		48
Total Students:	720		685		677		847		889		928		1,089
Kindergarten:	67	9.3%	60	8.8%	60	8.9%	84	9.9%	103	11.6%	82	8.8%	131	12.0%
Grade 1:	69	9.6%	73	10.7%	83	12.3%	96	11.3%	93	10.5%	100	10.8%	126	11.6%
Grade 2:	76	10.6%	79	11.5%	80	11.8%	103	12.2%	99	11.1%	114	12.3%	107	9.8%
Grade 3:	81	11.3%	87	12.7%	64	9.5%	88	10.4%	102	11.5%	106	11.4%	127	11.7%
Grade 4:	97	13.5%	75	10.9%	73	10.8%	98	11.6%	99	11.1%	101	10.9%	111	10.2%
Grade 5:	87	12.1%	69	10.1%	77	11.4%	97	11.5%	93	10.5%	101	10.9%	126	11.6%
Grade 6:	79	11.0%	70	10.2%	67	9.9%	93	11.0%	93	10.5%	101	10.9%	103	9.5%
Grade 7:	79	11.0%	72	10.5%	92	13.6%	95	11.2%	99	11.1%	103	11.1%	133	12.2%
Grade 8:	85	11.8%	100	14.6%	81	12.0%	93	11.0%	105	11.8%	120	12.9%	125	11.5%
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:	384	53.3%	355	51.8%	352	52.0%	428	50.5%	465	52.3%	482	51.9%	558	51.2%
Female:	336	46.7%	330	48.2%	325	48.0%	419	49.5%	416	46.8%	438	47.2%	527	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	12	1.7%	10	1.5%	10	1.5%	13	1.5%	8	0.9%	5	0.5%	4	0.4%
Asian:	15	2.1%	17	2.5%	17	2.5%	24	2.8%	26	2.9%	30	3.2%	31	2.8%
Hispanic:	351	48.8%	336	49.1%	327	48.3%	402	47.5%	429	48.3%	453	48.8%	546	50.1%
Black:	93	12.9%	81	11.8%	75	11.1%	97	11.5%	87	9.8%	99	10.7%	112	10.3%
White:	234	32.5%	239	34.9%	248	36.6%	310	36.6%	339	38.1%	341	36.7%	396	36.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	10	1.4%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	5	0.7%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	362	50.3%	282	41.2%	142	21.0%	309	36.5%	329	37.0%	318	34.3%	315	28.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	65	9.0%	64	9.3%	76	11.2%	84	9.9%	135	15.2%	132	14.2%	154	14.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.33		23.41		19.52		21.18		22.79		20.60		22.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	438	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	352	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	359.14	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	354	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	347	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	452	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	452	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	452.67	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	450	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	442	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	469	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	373	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	369.36	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	369	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	365	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	466	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	475	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	470.53	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	463	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	468	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	497	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	509	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	502.58	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	493	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	492	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	494	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	377	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	385.23	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	378	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	376	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	486	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	492.76	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	483	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	487	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	513	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	504	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	488.62	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	485	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	486	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	510	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	398	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	403.27	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	398	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	396	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	489	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	500	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	503.37	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	498	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	495	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	526	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	521	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	485.69	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	490	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	493	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	552	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	414	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	420.47	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	424	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	417	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	509	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	517	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	526.66	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	524	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	525	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	529	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	522	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	490.64	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	490	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	490	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	550	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	425	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	432	430.48	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	426	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	431	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	517	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	522	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	517.76	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	514	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	514	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	499	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	501	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	507.3	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	506	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	504	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.5%	54.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.5%	45.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	5.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	70.5%	48.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	29.5%	51.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,276.0	$40,367.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,793.0	$33,706.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,966.0	$46,658.0

* Desert Star Primary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.