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Diamond Canyon Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

40004 Liberty Bell Way

Phoenix AZ, 85086, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-445-5000

Ranking:

(127 out of 1,363, top 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Deer 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:	54		53		52		53		60		60		57
Total Students:	958		1,006		994		1,004		1,115		1,169		1,193
Prekindergarten:	15	1.6%	6	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	7	0.6%	2	0.2%
Kindergarten:	81	8.5%	98	9.7%	83	8.4%	84	8.4%	108	9.7%	111	9.5%	143	12.0%
Grade 1:	94	9.8%	106	10.5%	103	10.4%	108	10.8%	112	10.0%	151	12.9%	123	10.3%
Grade 2:	89	9.3%	107	10.6%	129	13.0%	99	9.9%	135	12.1%	119	10.2%	132	11.1%
Grade 3:	113	11.8%	128	12.7%	101	10.2%	133	13.2%	112	10.0%	130	11.1%	161	13.5%
Grade 4:	108	11.3%	106	10.5%	121	12.2%	99	9.9%	141	12.6%	152	13.0%	128	10.7%
Grade 5:	111	11.6%	119	11.8%	92	9.3%	122	12.2%	136	12.2%	124	10.6%	134	11.2%
Grade 6:	132	13.8%	92	9.1%	127	12.8%	129	12.8%	122	10.9%	135	11.5%	128	10.7%
Grade 7:	96	10.0%	115	11.4%	137	13.8%	105	10.5%	133	11.9%	121	10.4%	120	10.1%
Grade 8:	119	12.4%	129	12.8%	101	10.2%	125	12.5%	116	10.4%	119	10.2%	122	10.2%
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:	506	52.8%	534	53.1%	523	52.6%	526	52.4%	562	50.4%	588	50.3%	588	49.3%
Female:	452	47.2%	472	46.9%	471	47.4%	478	47.6%	545	48.9%	573	49.0%	601	50.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.5%	6	0.6%	10	1.0%	7	0.7%	2	0.2%	6	0.5%	8	0.7%
Asian:	18	1.9%	19	1.9%	19	1.9%	18	1.8%	30	2.7%	27	2.3%	31	2.6%
Hispanic:	86	9.0%	90	8.9%	99	10.0%	93	9.3%	73	6.5%	91	7.8%	88	7.4%
Black:	14	1.5%	18	1.8%	15	1.5%	13	1.3%	24	2.2%	26	2.2%	27	2.3%
White:	809	84.4%	840	83.5%	813	81.8%	845	84.2%	986	88.4%	1,019	87.2%	1,039	87.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	5	0.5%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	24	2.5%	28	2.8%	36	3.6%	26	2.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	111	11.6%	91	9.0%	61	6.1%	81	8.1%	74	6.6%	60	5.1%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	32	3.3%	37	3.7%	26	2.6%	20	2.0%	47	4.2%	23	2.0%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.91		19.09		19.30		18.98		18.58		19.50		20.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	464	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	380	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	384.03	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	384	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	388	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	474	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	474	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	474.68	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	472	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	479	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	499	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	391	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	398.67	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	397	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	394	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	494	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	497	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	500.7	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	492	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	495	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	526	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	533	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	585	544.87	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	536	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	565	531	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	517	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	403	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	408.92	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	404	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	406	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	510	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	510	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	515.77	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	513	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	515	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	536	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	557	547	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	512.22	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	515	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	517	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	544	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	420	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	425.53	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	423	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	423	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	519	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	523	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	531.56	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	527	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	527	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	565	549	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	559	565	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	517.86	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	520	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	513	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	574	566	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	437	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	436.37	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	439	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	444	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	529	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	540	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	545.83	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	545	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	562	550	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	553	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	570	563	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	513.25	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	516	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	597	577	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	446	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	447.67	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	447	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	446	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	548	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	568	546	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	547.56	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	537	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	539	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	521	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	554	527	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	563	535.2	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	559	531	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	528	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	69.2%	70.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.8%	29.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	4.0 years	3.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	80.8%	83.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	19.2%	16.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,321.0	$37,451.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,441.0	$36,781.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,015.0	$40,800.0

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