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Four Peaks Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

15414 Mcdowell Mountain Rd

Fountain Hills AZ, 85268, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-664-5400

Ranking:

(243 out of 1,363, top 18%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 4 to Grade 5

School District: Fountain Hills Unified District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	15		16		18		23		25		27		30
Total Students:	227		264		274		422		455		472		475
Grade 4:	112	49.3%	130	49.2%	135	49.3%	148	35.1%	159	34.9%	150	31.8%	159	33.5%
Grade 5:	115	50.7%	134	50.8%	139	50.7%	139	32.9%	135	29.7%	152	32.2%	182	38.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	129	56.8%	133	50.4%	140	51.1%	226	53.6%	244	53.6%	246	52.1%	250	52.6%
Female:	98	43.2%	131	49.6%	134	48.9%	196	46.4%	203	44.6%	218	46.2%	221	46.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	34	15.0%	35	13.3%	39	14.2%	47	11.1%	62	13.6%	60	12.7%	45	9.5%
Asian:	5	2.2%	8	3.0%	8	2.9%	13	3.1%	11	2.4%	16	3.4%	16	3.4%
Hispanic:	18	7.9%	21	8.0%	16	5.8%	17	4.0%	18	4.0%	18	3.8%	20	4.2%
Black:	3	1.3%	6	2.3%	10	3.6%	10	2.4%	6	1.3%	3	0.6%	7	1.5%
White:	154	67.8%	189	71.6%	201	73.4%	334	79.1%	358	78.7%	375	79.4%	387	81.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	5.7%	5	1.9%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	45	19.8%	NA	NA	55	20.1%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	64	13.6%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	9	4.0%	NA	NA	17	6.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	18	3.8%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.13		16.50		15.22		18.35		18.20		17.50		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	469	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	379	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	372.16	370.95
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	484	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	477	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	472.17	461.52
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	392	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	393.1	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	401	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	401	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	499	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	492.68	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	498	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	528	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	542	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	542.91	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	407	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	414.36	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	408	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	418	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	517	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519.06	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	527	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	536	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	552	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	519.63	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	522	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	501

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	41.4%	48.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	58.6%	51.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	24.1%	27.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.9%	72.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,306.0	$39,482.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,905.0	$32,668.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$43,343.0	$42,078.0

* Four Peaks Elementary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.