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Desert Trails Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4315 East Cashman Dr

Phoenix AZ, 85050, Maricopa County

Phone: 602-449-4100

Ranking:

(107 out of 1,363, top 8%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Paradise Valley Unified 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:	30		26		28		29		27		29		32
Total Students:	483		508		559		545		527		589		591
Prekindergarten:	18	3.7%	20	3.9%	22	3.9%	22	4.0%	13	2.5%	80	13.6%	38	6.4%
Kindergarten:	53	11.0%	84	16.5%	72	12.9%	69	12.7%	80	15.2%	61	10.4%	57	9.6%
Grade 1:	74	15.3%	68	13.4%	72	12.9%	80	14.7%	67	12.7%	61	10.4%	76	12.9%
Grade 2:	67	13.9%	67	13.2%	83	14.8%	64	11.7%	62	11.8%	78	13.2%	72	12.2%
Grade 3:	71	14.7%	75	14.8%	65	11.6%	66	12.1%	77	14.6%	77	13.1%	73	12.4%
Grade 4:	76	15.7%	63	12.4%	76	13.6%	84	15.4%	81	15.4%	74	12.6%	76	12.9%
Grade 5:	66	13.7%	62	12.2%	79	14.1%	78	14.3%	83	15.7%	73	12.4%	90	15.2%
Grade 6:	58	12.0%	69	13.6%	90	16.1%	82	15.0%	64	12.1%	85	14.4%	109	18.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	248	51.3%	272	53.5%	299	53.5%	286	52.5%	266	50.5%	297	50.4%	301	50.9%
Female:	235	48.7%	236	46.5%	260	46.5%	259	47.5%	253	48.0%	284	48.2%	286	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	2	0.3%	5	0.8%
Asian:	9	1.9%	16	3.1%	19	3.4%	27	5.0%	26	4.9%	29	4.9%	29	4.9%
Hispanic:	64	13.3%	57	11.2%	68	12.2%	63	11.6%	54	10.2%	54	9.2%	45	7.6%
Black:	10	2.1%	15	3.0%	20	3.6%	11	2.0%	13	2.5%	14	2.4%	15	2.5%
White:	378	78.3%	398	78.3%	430	76.9%	432	79.3%	431	81.8%	490	83.2%	497	84.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	3.9%	18	3.5%	18	3.2%	10	1.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	10	2.1%	72	14.2%	47	8.4%	33	6.1%	31	5.9%	24	4.1%	26	4.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	1	0.2%	7	1.4%	11	2.0%	4	0.7%	8	1.5%	18	3.1%	8	1.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.10		19.18		19.96		18.79		19.89		20.60		18.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	466	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	378	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	384.76	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	381	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	380	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	472	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	473	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	476.01	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	471	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	470	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	505	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	389	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	397.55	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	396	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	391	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	493	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	494	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	499.11	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	492	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	492	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	553	533	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	535	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	579	546.85	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	566	541	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	582	528	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	521	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	402	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	407.46	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	402	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	402	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	507	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	508	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	511.7	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	507	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	510	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	540	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	566	547	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	511.77	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	516	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	518	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	543	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	417	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	424.77	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	420	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	421	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	517	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	519	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	525.23	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	522	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	523	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	557	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	563	563	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	514.61	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	516	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	518	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	25.8%	33.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	74.2%	66.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	16.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	9.7%	24.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	90.3%	75.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,222.0	$46,415.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,746.0	$36,187.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,774.0	$49,724.0

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