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Desert Willow Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4322 East Desert Willow Parkwa

Cave Creek AZ, 85331, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-575-2021

Ranking:

(56 out of 1,363, top 4%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Cave Creek 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:	37		35		38		36		34		35		39
Total Students:	673		705		731		727		657		646		622
Kindergarten:	89	13.2%	96	13.6%	116	15.9%	102	14.0%	128	19.5%	121	18.7%	93	15.0%
Grade 1:	89	13.2%	115	16.3%	94	12.9%	121	16.6%	118	18.0%	99	15.3%	101	16.2%
Grade 2:	115	17.1%	98	13.9%	125	17.1%	108	14.9%	97	14.8%	104	16.1%	104	16.7%
Grade 3:	99	14.7%	118	16.7%	102	14.0%	102	14.0%	104	15.8%	111	17.2%	108	17.4%
Grade 4:	114	16.9%	103	14.6%	98	13.4%	100	13.8%	110	16.7%	112	17.3%	98	15.8%
Grade 5:	92	13.7%	81	11.5%	104	14.2%	100	13.8%	100	15.2%	99	15.3%	118	19.0%
Grade 6:	75	11.1%	93	13.2%	92	12.6%	94	12.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	348	51.7%	382	54.2%	390	53.4%	379	52.1%	348	53.0%	328	50.8%	300	48.2%
Female:	325	48.3%	323	45.8%	341	46.6%	348	47.9%	301	45.8%	310	48.0%	318	51.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	24	3.6%	29	4.1%	34	4.7%	31	4.3%	30	4.6%	23	3.6%	22	3.5%
Hispanic:	87	12.9%	83	11.8%	72	9.8%	56	7.7%	49	7.5%	49	7.6%	50	8.0%
Black:	6	0.9%	9	1.3%	7	1.0%	7	1.0%	9	1.4%	4	0.6%	5	0.8%
White:	548	81.4%	577	81.8%	614	84.0%	631	86.8%	569	86.6%	570	88.2%	545	87.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	1.0%	5	0.7%	3	0.4%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	58	8.6%	9	1.3%	72	9.8%	48	6.6%	55	8.4%	36	5.6%	24	3.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	10	1.5%	0	0.0%	17	2.3%	15	2.1%	14	2.1%	10	1.5%	7	1.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.09		20.03		19.39		20.08		19.32		18.50		16.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	480	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	388	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	402.59	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	402	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	398	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	490	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	485	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	488.17	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	488	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	489	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	521	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	408	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	410.67	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	416	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	409	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	507	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	512	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	515.49	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	508	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	505	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	545	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	566	551	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	576	561.82	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	552	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	539	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	535	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	426	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	430.07	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	423	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	424	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	525	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	525	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	531.16	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	530	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	526	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	584	560	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	571	559	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	538.35	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	533	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	530	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	440.19	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	437	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	434	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	535.3	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	537	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	538	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	525.53	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	526	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	523	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	35.0%	61.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	65.0%	38.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	22.5%	26.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	77.5%	73.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,650.0	$42,240.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,447.0	$37,406.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,870.0	$43,981.0

* Desert Willow 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.