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Garden Lakes Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

10825 West Garden Lakes Parkwa

Avondale AZ, 85323, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-772-2215

Ranking:

(387 out of 1,363, top 28%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Pendergast Elementary 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:	41		41		49		48		48		56		54
Total Students:	973		983		1,058		1,005		1,022		1,020		1,118
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	70	7.2%	76	7.7%	80	7.6%	87	8.7%	93	9.1%	87	8.5%	77	6.9%
Grade 1:	84	8.6%	89	9.1%	110	10.4%	103	10.2%	99	9.7%	84	8.2%	108	9.7%
Grade 2:	106	10.9%	110	11.2%	105	9.9%	104	10.3%	76	7.4%	122	12.0%	122	10.9%
Grade 3:	118	12.1%	96	9.8%	115	10.9%	74	7.4%	118	11.5%	115	11.3%	114	10.2%
Grade 4:	100	10.3%	109	11.1%	93	8.8%	130	12.9%	128	12.5%	117	11.5%	128	11.4%
Grade 5:	116	11.9%	99	10.1%	137	12.9%	126	12.5%	118	11.5%	124	12.2%	126	11.3%
Grade 6:	104	10.7%	133	13.5%	143	13.5%	126	12.5%	114	11.2%	116	11.4%	148	13.2%
Grade 7:	144	14.8%	136	13.8%	142	13.4%	122	12.1%	128	12.5%	131	12.8%	135	12.1%
Grade 8:	131	13.5%	135	13.7%	133	12.6%	133	13.2%	147	14.4%	121	11.9%	160	14.3%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	1	0.1%	3	0.3%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	501	51.5%	493	50.2%	543	51.3%	519	51.6%	515	50.4%	530	52.0%	589	52.7%
Female:	472	48.5%	490	49.8%	515	48.7%	486	48.4%	499	48.8%	482	47.3%	525	47.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	0.7%	9	0.9%	14	1.3%	9	0.9%	14	1.4%	16	1.6%	11	1.0%
Asian:	32	3.3%	30	3.1%	31	2.9%	29	2.9%	23	2.3%	17	1.7%	17	1.5%
Hispanic:	525	54.0%	524	53.3%	550	52.0%	500	49.8%	469	45.9%	460	45.1%	505	45.2%
Black:	93	9.6%	82	8.3%	86	8.1%	79	7.9%	84	8.2%	81	7.9%	88	7.9%
White:	268	27.5%	295	30.0%	338	31.9%	358	35.6%	432	42.3%	446	43.7%	497	44.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	3	0.3%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	46	4.7%	40	4.1%	37	3.5%	28	2.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	434	44.6%	409	41.6%	437	41.3%	262	26.1%	296	29.0%	275	27.0%	286	25.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	96	9.9%	79	8.0%	101	9.5%	16	1.6%	77	7.5%	67	6.6%	71	6.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	23.73		23.98		21.59		21.16		21.29		18.40		20.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	440	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	355	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	351.95	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	355	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	348	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	447	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	449	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	447.85	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	449	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	447	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	482	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	371	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	377.14	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	368	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	361	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	469	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	470	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	475.44	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	465	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	468	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	497	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	496	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	499.06	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	487	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	486	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	503	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	385	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	390.38	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	382	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	372	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	486	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	490	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	494.36	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	487	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	488	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	508	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	521	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	489.15	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	488	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	489	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	520	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	408	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	412.95	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	412	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	405	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	493	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	505	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	510.58	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	510	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	503	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	538	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	567	533	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	490.87	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	494	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	495	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	559	548	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	419	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	430.56	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	425	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	425	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	512	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	523	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	530.8	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	529	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	528	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	531	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	593	538	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	494.32	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	498	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	491	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	580	554	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	431	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	431.96	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	436	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	437	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	523	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	524	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	523.28	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	522	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	519	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	496	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	501	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	505.36	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	505	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	504	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	69.4%	60.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.6%	40.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	28.6%	26.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	71.4%	74.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$50,056.0	$49,470.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,862.0	$41,474.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,734.0	$52,280.0

* Garden Lakes Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.