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Lafe Nelson School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1100 South 10th Ave

Safford AZ, 85546, Graham County

Phone: 928-348-7020

Ranking:

(645 out of 1,363, top 47%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Safford 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:	29		29		30		29		31		32		29
Total Students:	609		540		569		548		551		568		540
Kindergarten:	111	18.2%	76	14.1%	92	16.2%	91	16.6%	90	16.3%	88	15.5%	87	16.1%
Grade 1:	85	14.0%	80	14.8%	79	13.9%	73	13.3%	70	12.7%	89	15.7%	74	13.7%
Grade 2:	87	14.3%	73	13.5%	77	13.5%	79	14.4%	75	13.6%	75	13.2%	72	13.3%
Grade 3:	77	12.6%	77	14.3%	79	13.9%	74	13.5%	80	14.5%	72	12.7%	75	13.9%
Grade 4:	85	14.0%	78	14.4%	82	14.4%	75	13.7%	73	13.2%	78	13.7%	76	14.1%
Grade 5:	81	13.3%	82	15.2%	77	13.5%	82	15.0%	80	14.5%	78	13.7%	82	15.2%
Grade 6:	83	13.6%	74	13.7%	83	14.6%	74	13.5%	83	15.1%	88	15.5%	74	13.7%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	330	54.2%	283	52.4%	294	51.7%	281	51.3%	276	50.1%	270	47.5%	258	47.8%
Female:	279	45.8%	257	47.6%	275	48.3%	267	48.7%	267	48.5%	290	51.1%	278	51.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	16	2.6%	7	1.3%	4	0.7%	4	0.7%	6	1.1%	7	1.2%	9	1.7%
Asian:	8	1.3%	4	0.7%	6	1.1%	6	1.1%	4	0.7%	5	0.9%	3	0.6%
Hispanic:	301	49.4%	273	50.6%	285	50.1%	266	48.5%	256	46.5%	258	45.4%	255	47.2%
Black:	11	1.8%	10	1.9%	11	1.9%	16	2.9%	17	3.1%	16	2.8%	18	3.3%
White:	254	41.7%	225	41.7%	248	43.6%	254	46.4%	268	48.6%	282	49.6%	255	47.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	4	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	19	3.1%	17	3.1%	15	2.6%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	321	52.7%	316	58.5%	202	35.5%	346	63.1%	205	37.2%	310	54.6%	253	46.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	51	8.4%	44	8.1%	34	6.0%	51	9.3%	28	5.1%	54	9.5%	89	16.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.00		18.95		19.29		18.79		17.80		17.80		18.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	447	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	371	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	368.31	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	357	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	367	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	462	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	470	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	464.49	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	450	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	457	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	483	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	379	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	379.19	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	377	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	370	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	474	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	477	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	484.22	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	477	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	471	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	507	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	511	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	520.93	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	512	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	500	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	513	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	392	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	399.62	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	388	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	392	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	506	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	503	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	503.63	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	496	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	502	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	533	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	531	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	498.68	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	501	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	529	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	412	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	412.38	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	413	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	416	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	507	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	513	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	515.93	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	512	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	507	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	535	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	543	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	498.55	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	503	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	496	499

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	75.0%	70.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	25.0%	29.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	37.5%	33.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	62.5%	66.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,530.0	$40,185.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,175.0	$35,002.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,342.0	$42,776.0

* Lafe Nelson 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.