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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	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	348	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	350.07	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	355	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	348	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	439	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	439	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	438.69	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	438	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	436	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	472	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	365	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	367.54	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	368	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	364	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	456	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	459	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	463.62	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	458	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	460	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	489	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	492	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	492.71	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	494	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	489	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	485	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	375	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	377.74	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	379	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	372	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	472	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	476	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	481.48	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	484	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	478	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	509	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	509	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	478.64	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	479	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	477	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	507	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	388	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	396.3	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	395	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	397	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	483	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	487	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	497.52	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	493	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	497	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	570	530	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	522	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	475.26	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	480	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	485	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	563	535	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	406	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	406.84	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	412	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	412	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	496	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	510	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	512.32	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	518	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	519	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	527	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	577	535	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	482.51	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	488	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	480	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	536	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	422	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	422.45	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	420	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	419	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	506	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	507	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	510.33	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	506	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	505	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	489	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	495	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	504.19	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	505	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	498	511

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.