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Higley Traditional Academy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3391 East Vest Ave

Gilbert AZ, 85295, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-279-6800

Ranking:

(347 out of 1,363, top 25%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Higley 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:	30		37		32		32		37		37		40
Total Students:	633		764		623		581		595		689		573
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	47	6.2%	40	6.4%	41	7.1%	51	8.6%	72	10.4%	95	16.6%
Kindergarten:	107	16.9%	79	10.3%	59	9.5%	65	11.2%	54	9.1%	82	11.9%	71	12.4%
Grade 1:	88	13.9%	72	9.4%	57	9.1%	60	10.3%	61	10.3%	78	11.3%	46	8.0%
Grade 2:	91	14.4%	77	10.1%	56	9.0%	53	9.1%	66	11.1%	66	9.6%	67	11.7%
Grade 3:	81	12.8%	64	8.4%	65	10.4%	48	8.3%	58	9.7%	93	13.5%	49	8.6%
Grade 4:	79	12.5%	82	10.7%	62	10.0%	69	11.9%	79	13.3%	57	8.3%	49	8.6%
Grade 5:	90	14.2%	77	10.1%	83	13.3%	79	13.6%	51	8.6%	61	8.9%	59	10.3%
Grade 6:	97	15.3%	90	11.8%	77	12.4%	46	7.9%	57	9.6%	66	9.6%	42	7.3%
Grade 7:	0	0.0%	108	14.1%	65	10.4%	57	9.8%	62	10.4%	54	7.8%	47	8.2%
Grade 8:	0	0.0%	68	8.9%	59	9.5%	62	10.7%	56	9.4%	60	8.7%	48	8.4%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	332	52.4%	423	55.4%	333	53.5%	314	54.0%	307	51.6%	359	52.1%	306	53.4%
Female:	301	47.6%	341	44.6%	290	46.5%	267	46.0%	280	47.1%	322	46.7%	263	45.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	13	1.7%	12	1.9%	16	2.8%	6	1.0%	12	1.7%	8	1.4%
Asian:	49	7.7%	55	7.2%	44	7.1%	57	9.8%	66	11.1%	55	8.0%	44	7.7%
Hispanic:	152	24.0%	190	24.9%	137	22.0%	142	24.4%	129	21.7%	133	19.3%	121	21.1%
Black:	22	3.5%	46	6.0%	31	5.0%	35	6.0%	37	6.2%	40	5.8%	30	5.2%
White:	384	60.7%	434	56.8%	380	61.0%	323	55.6%	357	60.0%	449	65.2%	370	64.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	25	3.9%	25	3.3%	17	2.7%	6	1.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	101	16.0%	162	21.2%	137	22.0%	130	22.4%	143	24.0%	118	17.1%	63	11.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	6.0%	38	5.0%	43	6.9%	33	5.7%	36	6.1%	25	3.6%	39	6.8%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.82		20.43		19.20		18.02		16.00		18.60		14.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	466	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	385	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377	391.73	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	393	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	399	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	475	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	482	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	485.42	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	482	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	487	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	501	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	390	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	403.85	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	403	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	406	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	490	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	497	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	505.24	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	495	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	524	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	532	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	544.65	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	544	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	544	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	525	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	408	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	412.08	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	415	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	414	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	507	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	512	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	516.77	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	514	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	517	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	541	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	553	550	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	517.02	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	525	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	521	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	538	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	416	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	427.85	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	426	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	427	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	512	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	519	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	528.22	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	527	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	528	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	557	550	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	554	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	516.79	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	525	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	526	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	565	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	440	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	443.64	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	450	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	449	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	526	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	536	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	546.16	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	548	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	553	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	553	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	581	559	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	512.68	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	516	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	514	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	574	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	444	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	446.12	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	448	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	454	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	544	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	545	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	540.11	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	534	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	536	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	514	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	526	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	535.13	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	534	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	526	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	69.8%	71.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.2%	28.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	60.5%	52.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	39.5%	47.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,738.0	$38,590.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,827.0	$34,090.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,248.0	$43,500.0

* Higley Traditional Academy Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.