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Highland Lakes School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

19000 North 63rd Ave

Glendale AZ, 85308, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-445-5000

Ranking:

(238 out of 1,363, top 17%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Deer Valley 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:	64		53		42		47		44		52		48
Total Students:	1,067		1,071		855		837		885		908		946
Kindergarten:	56	5.2%	50	4.7%	47	5.5%	35	4.2%	43	4.9%	52	5.7%	46	4.9%
Grade 1:	66	6.2%	74	6.9%	39	4.6%	46	5.5%	52	5.9%	52	5.7%	49	5.2%
Grade 2:	90	8.4%	66	6.2%	52	6.1%	53	6.3%	55	6.2%	47	5.2%	55	5.8%
Grade 3:	70	6.6%	74	6.9%	55	6.4%	62	7.4%	48	5.4%	56	6.2%	73	7.7%
Grade 4:	80	7.5%	98	9.2%	62	7.3%	50	6.0%	53	6.0%	70	7.7%	62	6.6%
Grade 5:	115	10.8%	113	10.6%	63	7.4%	53	6.3%	75	8.5%	62	6.8%	74	7.8%
Grade 6:	130	12.2%	104	9.7%	67	7.8%	77	9.2%	63	7.1%	70	7.7%	65	6.9%
Grade 7:	211	19.8%	222	20.7%	237	27.7%	222	26.5%	248	28.0%	238	26.2%	256	27.1%
Grade 8:	231	21.6%	253	23.6%	233	27.3%	239	28.6%	248	28.0%	258	28.4%	266	28.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	517	48.5%	504	47.1%	411	48.1%	400	47.8%	431	48.7%	468	51.5%	465	49.2%
Female:	550	51.5%	567	52.9%	444	51.9%	437	52.2%	446	50.4%	432	47.6%	477	50.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.5%	5	0.5%	7	0.8%	12	1.4%	11	1.2%	4	0.4%	6	0.6%
Asian:	45	4.2%	44	4.1%	25	2.9%	30	3.6%	40	4.5%	35	3.9%	36	3.8%
Hispanic:	147	13.8%	153	14.3%	130	15.2%	141	16.8%	101	11.4%	100	11.0%	110	11.6%
Black:	42	3.9%	31	2.9%	33	3.9%	32	3.8%	42	4.7%	39	4.3%	35	3.7%
White:	782	73.3%	799	74.6%	630	73.7%	584	69.8%	691	78.1%	730	80.4%	759	80.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	43	4.0%	38	3.5%	29	3.4%	35	4.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	206	19.3%	175	16.3%	103	12.0%	96	11.5%	100	11.3%	58	6.4%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	57	5.3%	54	5.0%	35	4.1%	26	3.1%	35	4.0%	29	3.2%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.80		20.05		20.17		17.96		20.30		17.50		19.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	464	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	380	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	384.03	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	384	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	388	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	474	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	474	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	474.68	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	472	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	479	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	499	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	391	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	398.67	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	397	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	394	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	494	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	500.7	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	492	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	495	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	526	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	533	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	544.87	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	536	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	554	531	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	517	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	403	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	408.92	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	404	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	406	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	510	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	510	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	515.77	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	513	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	515	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	536	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	547	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	512.22	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	515	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	517	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	544	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	425.53	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	423	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	423	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	519	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	523	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	531.56	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	527	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	527	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	549	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	568	565	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	517.86	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	520	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	513	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	566	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	437	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	436.37	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	439	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	444	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	529	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	540	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	545.83	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	545	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	554	550	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	553	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	563	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	513.25	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	516	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	512	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	587	577	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	446	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	447.67	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	447	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	446	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	548	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	546	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	547.56	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	537	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	539	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	521	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	527	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	535.2	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	531	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	528	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.3%	66.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	41.7%	34.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	50.0%	56.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	50.0%	44.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,062.0	$42,355.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,762.0	$37,036.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,362.0	$49,124.0

* Highland Lakes School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.