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John M Andersen Jr High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1255 North Dobson Rd

Chandler AZ, 85224, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-812-7000

Ranking:

(404 out of 1,363, top 30%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Chandler 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:	49		49		45		48		50		55		56
Total Students:	913		945		877		950		1,006		985		1,014
Grade 6:	106	11.6%	109	11.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	398	43.6%	400	42.3%	435	49.6%	458	48.2%	504	50.1%	486	49.3%	501	49.4%
Grade 8:	409	44.8%	436	46.1%	442	50.4%	492	51.8%	502	49.9%	499	50.7%	513	50.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	495	54.2%	497	52.6%	462	52.7%	484	50.9%	501	49.8%	488	49.5%	491	48.4%
Female:	418	45.8%	448	47.4%	415	47.3%	466	49.1%	497	49.4%	489	49.6%	519	51.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	14	1.5%	34	3.6%	36	4.1%	21	2.2%	23	2.3%	24	2.4%	17	1.7%
Asian:	37	4.1%	58	6.1%	62	7.1%	48	5.1%	53	5.3%	61	6.2%	66	6.5%
Hispanic:	464	50.8%	418	44.2%	381	43.4%	422	44.4%	447	44.4%	388	39.4%	393	38.8%
Black:	75	8.2%	71	7.5%	56	6.4%	61	6.4%	75	7.5%	64	6.5%	64	6.3%
White:	309	33.8%	360	38.1%	341	38.9%	398	41.9%	408	40.6%	448	45.5%	474	46.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	14	1.5%	4	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	463	50.7%	453	47.9%	372	42.4%	352	37.1%	406	40.4%	354	35.9%	282	27.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	73	8.0%	77	8.1%	50	5.7%	61	6.4%	63	6.3%	64	6.5%	82	8.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.73		19.29		19.71		19.79		20.12		17.80		18.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	426	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	523	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	517	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	575	577	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	444	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	444.08	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	445	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	447	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	532	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	539	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	544.86	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	543	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	547	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	557	564	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	573	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	515.9	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	518	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	515	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	580	587	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	455	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	454.3	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	454	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	451	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	545	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	544	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	540.37	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	538	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	534	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	524	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	528	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	533.91	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	535	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	526	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	46.4%	47.3%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	53.6%	52.7%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	41.1%	40.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	58.9%	60.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$49,249.0	$47,580.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,294.0	$40,415.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,793.0	$52,356.0

* John M Andersen Jr High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.