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Ira A Murphy Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7231 West North Ln

Peoria AZ, 85345, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-412-4475

Ranking:

(853 out of 1,363, bottom 37%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Peoria Unified School 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:	33		26		37		32		35		40		41
Total Students:	564		553		559		527		588		629		683
Prekindergarten:	17	3.0%	8	1.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	25	4.0%	25	3.7%
Kindergarten:	53	9.4%	56	10.1%	50	8.9%	47	8.9%	65	11.1%	55	8.7%	64	9.4%
Grade 1:	60	10.6%	52	9.4%	64	11.4%	53	10.1%	55	9.4%	63	10.0%	76	11.1%
Grade 2:	50	8.9%	64	11.6%	58	10.4%	50	9.5%	56	9.5%	71	11.3%	79	11.6%
Grade 3:	70	12.4%	56	10.1%	57	10.2%	59	11.2%	57	9.7%	67	10.7%	68	10.0%
Grade 4:	55	9.8%	62	11.2%	64	11.4%	51	9.7%	74	12.6%	62	9.9%	72	10.5%
Grade 5:	62	11.0%	64	11.6%	59	10.6%	64	12.1%	66	11.2%	66	10.5%	80	11.7%
Grade 6:	65	11.5%	51	9.2%	69	12.3%	62	11.8%	67	11.4%	77	12.2%	71	10.4%
Grade 7:	60	10.6%	70	12.7%	65	11.6%	66	12.5%	74	12.6%	74	11.8%	81	11.9%
Grade 8:	72	12.8%	70	12.7%	73	13.1%	75	14.2%	74	12.6%	69	11.0%	67	9.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	286	50.7%	282	51.0%	263	47.0%	243	46.1%	289	49.1%	308	49.0%	322	47.1%
Female:	278	49.3%	271	49.0%	296	53.0%	284	53.9%	291	49.5%	313	49.8%	357	52.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	6	1.1%	5	0.9%	10	1.8%	12	2.3%	14	2.4%	17	2.7%	13	1.9%
Asian:	3	0.5%	5	0.9%	4	0.7%	3	0.6%	13	2.2%	15	2.4%	13	1.9%
Hispanic:	361	64.0%	335	60.6%	355	63.5%	324	61.5%	357	60.7%	374	59.5%	409	59.9%
Black:	16	2.8%	16	2.9%	17	3.0%	23	4.4%	42	7.1%	42	6.7%	44	6.4%
White:	158	28.0%	177	32.0%	152	27.2%	147	27.9%	162	27.6%	181	28.8%	204	29.9%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	3.4%	14	2.5%	18	3.2%	17	3.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	391	69.3%	370	66.9%	395	70.7%	353	67.0%	364	61.9%	328	52.1%	340	49.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	60	10.6%	45	8.1%	34	6.1%	31	5.9%	54	9.2%	63	10.0%	96	14.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.09		21.19		14.97		16.56		16.97		15.80		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	460	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345	372	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	380.1	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	377	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	345	374	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	471	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	471	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	474.57	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	467	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	468	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	497	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	387	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	391.91	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	391	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	384	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	490	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	458	491	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	492.46	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	487	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	484	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	522	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	526	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	534.68	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	527	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	517	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	515	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	396	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	400.79	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	397	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	396	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	502	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	502	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	505.75	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	500	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	505	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	526	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	535	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	501.76	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	505	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	504	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	536	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	415	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	418.4	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	415	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	411	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	510	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	516	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	521.87	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	514	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	509	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	543	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	552	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	503.58	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	508	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	504	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	553	568	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	433	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	435.2	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	434	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	432	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	527	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	534	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	539.83	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	537	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	536	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	554	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	564	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	508.3	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	509	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	503	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	577	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	450	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	446.29	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	441	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	443	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	541	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	543	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	536.74	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	527	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	526	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	518	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	521	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	522.74	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	520	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	513	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	71.4%	66.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	28.6%	33.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	60.0%	48.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	40.0%	51.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,624.0	$44,079.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,382.0	$34,703.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,486.0	$52,985.0

* Ira A Murphy Primary School was rated 2.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.