Horizon School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8520 North 47th Ave

Glendale AZ, 85302, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-237-4010

Ranking:

(560 out of 1,363, top 41%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Glendale 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:	42		42		43		37		49		46		50
Total Students:	839		804		803		738		912		909		937
Kindergarten:	87	10.4%	84	10.4%	93	11.6%	85	11.5%	121	13.3%	113	12.4%	111	11.8%
Grade 1:	90	10.7%	94	11.7%	90	11.2%	82	11.1%	112	12.3%	106	11.7%	117	12.5%
Grade 2:	103	12.3%	102	12.7%	99	12.3%	79	10.7%	105	11.5%	117	12.9%	129	13.8%
Grade 3:	105	12.5%	94	11.7%	93	11.6%	66	8.9%	119	13.0%	124	13.6%	115	12.3%
Grade 4:	102	12.2%	91	11.3%	75	9.3%	78	10.6%	119	13.0%	112	12.3%	114	12.2%
Grade 5:	94	11.2%	72	9.0%	80	10.0%	92	12.5%	109	12.0%	118	13.0%	116	12.4%
Grade 6:	75	8.9%	79	9.8%	97	12.1%	77	10.4%	84	9.2%	73	8.0%	113	12.1%
Grade 7:	89	10.6%	97	12.1%	82	10.2%	89	12.1%	69	7.6%	70	7.7%	65	6.9%
Grade 8:	94	11.2%	91	11.3%	94	11.7%	90	12.2%	74	8.1%	76	8.4%	57	6.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	432	51.5%	416	51.7%	426	53.1%	381	51.6%	472	51.8%	456	50.2%	453	48.3%
Female:	407	48.5%	388	48.3%	377	46.9%	357	48.4%	432	47.4%	445	49.0%	480	51.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	26	3.1%	18	2.2%	18	2.2%	14	1.9%	19	2.1%	16	1.8%	18	1.9%
Asian:	31	3.7%	39	4.9%	42	5.2%	38	5.1%	44	4.8%	38	4.2%	37	3.9%
Hispanic:	411	49.0%	391	48.6%	388	48.3%	353	47.8%	502	55.0%	515	56.7%	533	56.9%
Black:	85	10.1%	81	10.1%	78	9.7%	70	9.5%	85	9.3%	82	9.0%	73	7.8%
White:	276	32.9%	265	33.0%	270	33.6%	261	35.4%	262	28.7%	258	28.4%	276	29.5%
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:	10	1.2%	10	1.2%	7	0.9%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	532	63.4%	508	63.2%	510	63.5%	413	56.0%	562	61.6%	520	57.2%	405	43.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	97	11.6%	75	9.3%	77	9.6%	74	10.0%	98	10.7%	109	12.0%	122	13.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.98		19.37		18.89		19.95		18.61		19.80		18.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	439	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	348	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	350.07	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	355	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	348	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	439	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	439	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	438.69	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	438	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	436	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	472	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	365	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	367.54	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	368	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	364	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	456	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	459	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	463.62	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	458	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	460	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	489	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	492	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	492.71	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	494	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	489	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	485	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	375	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	377.74	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	379	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	372	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	472	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	476	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	481.48	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	484	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	478	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	509	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	509	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	478.64	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	479	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	477	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	507	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	388	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	396.3	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	395	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	397	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	483	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	487	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	497.52	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	493	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	497	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	570	530	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	522	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	475.26	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	480	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	485	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	563	535	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	406	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	406.84	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	412	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	412	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	496	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	510	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	512.32	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	518	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	519	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	527	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	577	535	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	482.51	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	488	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	480	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	536	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	422	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	422.45	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	420	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	419	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	506	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	507	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	510.33	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	506	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	505	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	489	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	495	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	504.19	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	505	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	498	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	43.2%	35.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	56.8%	64.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	43.2%	33.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	56.8%	66.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,976.0	$45,159.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,767.0	$36,594.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$49,455.0	$49,441.0

* Horizon 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.