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Desert Willow Intermediate Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

36555 Sunny Ln

Palmdale CA, 93550, Los Angeles County

Phone: 661-285-5866

Ranking:

(5,955 out of 6,930, bottom 14%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 7 to Grade 8

School District: Palmdale Elementary School 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:	29		29		37		NA	NA	36		38		43
Total Students:	510		620		800		971		859		841		844
Grade 7:	240	47.1%	284	45.8%	373	46.6%	521	53.7%	419	48.8%	414	49.2%	450	53.3%
Grade 8:	263	51.6%	336	54.2%	422	52.8%	445	45.8%	436	50.8%	427	50.8%	394	46.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	262	51.4%	326	52.6%	423	52.9%	506	52.1%	442	51.5%	447	53.2%	455	53.9%
Female:	248	48.6%	294	47.4%	377	47.1%	465	47.9%	417	48.5%	394	46.8%	385	45.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.8%	3	0.5%	4	0.5%	4	0.4%	5	0.6%	2	0.2%	4	0.5%
Asian:	8	1.6%	6	1.0%	10	1.3%	18	1.9%	20	2.3%	14	1.7%	16	1.9%
Hispanic:	350	68.6%	452	72.9%	547	68.4%	660	68.0%	551	64.1%	529	62.9%	538	63.7%
Black:	105	20.6%	93	15.0%	140	17.5%	165	17.0%	147	17.1%	163	19.4%	170	20.1%
White:	31	6.1%	49	7.9%	77	9.6%	108	11.1%	126	14.7%	117	13.9%	116	13.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	11	2.2%	17	2.7%	20	2.5%	15	1.5%	10	1.2%	16	1.9%	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	357	70.0%	417	67.3%	NA	NA	523	53.9%	428	49.8%	365	43.4%	353	41.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	94	18.4%	83	13.4%	NA	NA	117	12.0%	134	15.6%	177	21.0%	153	18.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.60		21.75		21.60		NA	NA	23.86		19.30		19.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAR
2007	English Language Arts Standards	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329.2	322.3	339.5
2007	Mathematics	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319.8	320.3	343.2
2012	Algebra I	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	373.9	434.3
2007	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323.7	317	342.9
2008	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330.3	325.8	348.6
2009	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338.8	332.1	354.3
2010	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341.7	335.2	356.4
2011	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.3	340.3	360.3
2012	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	341.6	366.6
2013	English Language Arts Standards	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.1	338.3	363.5
2007	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	306.9	310.4	336
2008	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319.3	318	339.3
2009	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335.9	326.7	345
2010	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	337.3	331.2	352.2
2011	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.7	341.3	354.9
2012	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	319.3	339.5	360.5
2013	Mathematics	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328.8	344.8	357.9
2007	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	281.3	289	336.8
2008	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	280.4	289.9	342.9
2009	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	293.5	296.2	347.3
2010	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	299.1	299	350.3
2011	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303.9	310	351.9
2012	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	304.2	311.7	355.1
2013	Algebra I	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	300.5	305.3	358.0
2007	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	317.9	314.4	338.7
2008	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315	320	341.2
2009	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	324.6	326.4	348.5
2010	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	338.1	332.8	357.1
2011	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339.4	339.9	361.8
2012	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345.2	344.6	365.2
2013	English Language Arts Standards	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.4	337.5	361.3
2007	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	296.8	302	329.8
2008	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	297.7	307.4	333.9
2009	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	315.8	312.5	340.2
2010	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	323.9	316.9	348.1
2011	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.3	328.4	352.6
2012	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	332.5	339.4	356.6
2013	History - Social Science Grade 8	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328.4	334.5	357.1
2007	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	310.9	308.4	339.7
2008	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	303.4	323.1	355
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	328.6	333	364.3
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	334	341.5	375.3
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357.6	366.2	385.9
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369.6	383.9	394.8
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348.9	367.0	390.9
2007	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	281.1	289.3	311.1
2008	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	281.4	290.1	314.6
2009	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	294	296.7	319.7
2010	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	302.2	300.5	323.9
2011	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	305.6	311.7	326.9
2012	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	309.2	316.2	330.4
2013	Algebra I	End of course	Mean Scaled Score	301.5	308.8	334.1

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* Desert Willow Intermediate Middle 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.