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Fourth Avenue Junior High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

450 South 4th Ave

Yuma AZ, 85364, Yuma County

Phone: 928-783-2193

Ranking:

(1,306 out of 1,363, bottom 4%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Yuma Elementary 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:	26		26		27		25		31		32		29
Total Students:	368		418		421		477		508		499		468
Grade 6:	65	17.7%	87	20.8%	76	18.1%	82	17.2%	84	16.5%	78	15.6%	4	0.9%
Grade 7:	158	42.9%	166	39.7%	170	40.4%	198	41.5%	214	42.1%	211	42.3%	222	47.4%
Grade 8:	145	39.4%	165	39.5%	175	41.6%	197	41.3%	210	41.3%	210	42.1%	242	51.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	202	54.9%	206	49.3%	195	46.3%	235	49.3%	272	53.5%	274	54.9%	256	54.7%
Female:	166	45.1%	212	50.7%	226	53.7%	242	50.7%	228	44.9%	217	43.5%	208	44.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	9	2.4%	11	2.6%	10	2.4%	5	1.0%	8	1.6%	8	1.6%	4	0.9%
Asian:	2	0.5%	3	0.7%	2	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Hispanic:	331	89.9%	379	90.7%	386	91.7%	444	93.1%	458	90.2%	445	89.2%	426	91.0%
Black:	6	1.6%	3	0.7%	5	1.2%	4	0.8%	9	1.8%	11	2.2%	9	1.9%
White:	20	5.4%	21	5.0%	18	4.3%	23	4.8%	33	6.5%	34	6.8%	28	6.0%
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:	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	503	99.0%	495	99.2%	441	94.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	365	99.2%	415	99.3%	418	99.3%	474	99.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	24	5.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.15		16.08		15.59		19.08		16.39		15.60		16.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	506	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380	391	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380	397.87	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	396	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	399	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	487	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	497	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	501.71	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	495	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	498	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	525	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	520	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	484.25	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	483	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	486	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	535	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	404	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	406.64	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	410	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	411	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	504	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	513	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	519.35	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	517	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	518	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	525	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	517	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	478.63	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	479	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	485	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	535	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	419	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	420.81	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	422	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	426	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	510	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	516	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	513.38	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	510	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	509	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	488	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	490	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	502.09	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	503	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	502	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.0%	64.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.0%	35.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	36.0%	32.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	64.0%	67.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,883.0	$37,840.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,197.0	$32,121.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,082.0	$40,563.0

* Fourth Avenue Junior High School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.