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Gary A. Knox Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2926 South 21st Dr

Yuma AZ, 85364, Yuma County

Phone: 928-373-5500

Ranking:

(681 out of 1,363, top 50%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Crane 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:	29		30		26		29		27		31		31
Total Students:	700		724		672		644		596		592		625
Prekindergarten:	14	2.0%	20	2.8%	22	3.3%	19	3.0%	12	2.0%	15	2.5%	70	11.2%
Kindergarten:	82	11.7%	124	17.1%	112	16.7%	107	16.6%	79	13.3%	86	14.5%	70	11.2%
Grade 1:	118	16.9%	101	14.0%	103	15.3%	80	12.4%	86	14.4%	79	13.3%	75	12.0%
Grade 2:	100	14.3%	106	14.6%	79	11.8%	93	14.4%	74	12.4%	75	12.7%	91	14.6%
Grade 3:	111	15.9%	89	12.3%	99	14.7%	85	13.2%	79	13.3%	90	15.2%	73	11.7%
Grade 4:	83	11.9%	100	13.8%	85	12.6%	83	12.9%	95	15.9%	82	13.9%	87	13.9%
Grade 5:	101	14.4%	97	13.4%	83	12.4%	87	13.5%	87	14.6%	81	13.7%	81	13.0%
Grade 6:	89	12.7%	87	12.0%	89	13.2%	90	14.0%	84	14.1%	84	14.2%	78	12.5%
Ungraded:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	356	50.9%	376	51.9%	363	54.0%	339	52.6%	309	51.8%	315	53.2%	331	53.0%
Female:	344	49.1%	348	48.1%	309	46.0%	305	47.4%	279	46.8%	269	45.4%	290	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	9	1.3%	9	1.2%	7	1.0%	3	0.5%	6	1.0%	5	0.8%	3	0.5%
Asian:	17	2.4%	14	1.9%	11	1.6%	13	2.0%	9	1.5%	11	1.9%	7	1.1%
Hispanic:	576	82.3%	598	82.6%	556	82.7%	530	82.3%	453	76.0%	427	72.1%	463	74.1%
Black:	23	3.3%	25	3.5%	21	3.1%	27	4.2%	33	5.5%	30	5.1%	31	5.0%
White:	73	10.4%	78	10.8%	77	11.5%	71	11.0%	95	15.9%	119	20.1%	121	19.4%
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:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	NA	NA	407	60.6%	354	55.0%	339	56.9%	283	47.8%	261	41.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	697	99.6%	NA	NA	69	10.3%	62	9.6%	73	12.2%	90	15.2%	95	15.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	24.14		24.54		25.85		22.21		22.07		19.10		20.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	440	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	354	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	368.08	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	355	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	358	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	453	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	452	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	458.84	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	444	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	447	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	481	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	374	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	381.99	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377	385	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	376	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	471	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	473	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	478.15	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	474	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	468	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	500	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	506	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	504.11	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	503	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	500	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	510	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383	391	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	391.4	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	392	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	396	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	490	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	494	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	496.62	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	491	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	498	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	532	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	527	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	490.68	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	492	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	495	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	532	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	416	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	417.28	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	412	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	410	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	501	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	509	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	514.51	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	507	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	506	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	543	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	552	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	499.83	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	493	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	496	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	74.3%	73.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	25.7%	26.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.0%	58.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	60.0%	41.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,433.0	$38,751.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,324.0	$34,218.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,840.0	$45,226.0

* Gary A. Knox Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.