High Desert Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4000 High Desert

Globe AZ, 85501, Gila County

Phone: 928-402-6000

Ranking:

(1,006 out of 1,363, bottom 26%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 5 to Grade 8

School District: Globe 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:	25		23		21		24		27		32		27
Total Students:	538		475		477		547		551		533		516
Grade 5:	133	24.7%	141	29.7%	99	20.8%	145	26.5%	134	24.3%	152	28.5%	122	23.6%
Grade 6:	152	28.3%	95	20.0%	123	25.8%	130	23.8%	153	27.8%	125	23.5%	141	27.3%
Grade 7:	122	22.7%	127	26.7%	121	25.4%	137	25.0%	137	24.9%	133	25.0%	123	23.8%
Grade 8:	131	24.3%	112	23.6%	134	28.1%	135	24.7%	127	23.0%	123	23.1%	130	25.2%
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:	285	53.0%	256	53.9%	237	49.7%	286	52.3%	273	49.5%	254	47.7%	242	46.9%
Female:	253	47.0%	219	46.1%	240	50.3%	261	47.7%	270	49.0%	271	50.8%	270	52.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	137	25.5%	125	26.3%	123	25.8%	136	24.9%	168	30.5%	161	30.2%	156	30.2%
Asian:	8	1.5%	9	1.9%	9	1.9%	3	0.5%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%	3	0.6%
Hispanic:	157	29.2%	141	29.7%	146	30.6%	187	34.2%	171	31.0%	156	29.3%	154	29.8%
Black:	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	3	0.5%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%
White:	212	39.4%	181	38.1%	191	40.0%	217	39.7%	205	37.2%	211	39.6%	202	39.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.6%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	3.7%	17	3.6%	5	1.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	274	50.9%	295	62.1%	283	59.3%	312	57.0%	292	53.0%	252	47.3%	274	53.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	47	8.7%	51	10.7%	48	10.1%	47	8.6%	69	12.5%	66	12.4%	48	9.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.85		21.11		22.71		23.28		20.79		16.70		19.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	491	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	370	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	369.7	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	376	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	362	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	481.68	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	471	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	498	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	477.5	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	485	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	486	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	391	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	392.16	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	384	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	379	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	505	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	503.98	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	552	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	486.76	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	475	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	483	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	538	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	418	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	416.97	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	394	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	397	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	526.14	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490.22	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	477	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	477	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	538	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	414	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	417.37	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	406	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	397	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	506	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	506	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	518.25	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	495	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	508.22	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	486	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	481	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.7%	63.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	33.3%	36.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	30.0%	48.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	70.0%	51.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$34,111.0	$33,431.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$30,721.0	$28,765.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$35,563.0	$37,824.0

* High Desert Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.