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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	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	370	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	369.7	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	376	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	362	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	481.68	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	471	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	498	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	477.5	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	485	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	486	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	391	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	392.16	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	384	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	379	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	505	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	503.98	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	552	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	486.76	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	475	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	483	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	538	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	418	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	416.97	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	394	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	397	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	526.14	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490.22	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	477	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	477	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	538	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	414	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	417.37	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	406	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	397	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	506	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	506	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	518.25	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	495	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	508.22	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	486	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	481	511

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.