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Manuel Pena Jr. School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2550 North 79th Ave

Phoenix AZ, 85035, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-691-4000

Ranking:

(625 out of 1,363, top 46%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Cartwright 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:	40		50		57		50		42		45		47
Total Students:	880		939		969		927		845		840		882
Kindergarten:	147	16.7%	164	17.5%	172	17.8%	165	17.8%	141	16.7%	142	16.9%	153	17.3%
Grade 1:	149	16.9%	161	17.1%	165	17.0%	158	17.0%	144	17.0%	140	16.7%	135	15.3%
Grade 2:	144	16.4%	145	15.4%	149	15.4%	148	16.0%	143	16.9%	136	16.2%	142	16.1%
Grade 3:	131	14.9%	163	17.4%	157	16.2%	154	16.6%	142	16.8%	143	17.0%	145	16.4%
Grade 4:	158	18.0%	150	16.0%	156	16.1%	164	17.7%	140	16.6%	141	16.8%	157	17.8%
Grade 5:	151	17.2%	156	16.6%	170	17.5%	138	14.9%	135	16.0%	138	16.4%	150	17.0%
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:	444	50.5%	493	52.5%	519	53.6%	510	55.0%	463	54.8%	452	53.8%	443	50.2%
Female:	436	49.5%	446	47.5%	450	46.4%	417	45.0%	374	44.3%	380	45.2%	435	49.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	13	1.5%	8	0.9%	12	1.2%	14	1.5%	15	1.8%	15	1.8%	17	1.9%
Asian:	7	0.8%	6	0.6%	3	0.3%	7	0.8%	13	1.5%	11	1.3%	5	0.6%
Hispanic:	740	84.1%	809	86.2%	825	85.1%	791	85.3%	735	87.0%	725	86.3%	759	86.1%
Black:	75	8.5%	50	5.3%	64	6.6%	49	5.3%	34	4.0%	47	5.6%	47	5.3%
White:	33	3.8%	55	5.9%	52	5.4%	52	5.6%	48	5.7%	42	5.0%	54	6.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	5	0.6%	3	0.3%	4	0.4%	6	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	7	0.8%	8	0.9%	9	0.9%	8	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	936	99.7%	799	82.5%	783	84.5%	620	73.4%	547	65.1%	578	65.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	877	99.7%	0	0.0%	74	7.6%	52	5.6%	63	7.5%	65	7.7%	85	9.6%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.06		18.74		17.06		18.65		19.93		18.80		18.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	439	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	352	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	361.09	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	361	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	355	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	439	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	443	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	447.68	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	443	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	440	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	469	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	383	367	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	371.16	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	372	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	377	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	455	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	459	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	464.08	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	460	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	463	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	479	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	484	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	483.34	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	479	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	479	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	493	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	384	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	389.6	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	387	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	386	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	477	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	482	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	487.64	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	481	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	483	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	498	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	505	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	479.97	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	481	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	484	501

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	52.3%	48.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	47.7%	51.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	6.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	68.2%	76.7%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	31.8%	23.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,401.0	$42,892.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,300.0	$39,878.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$52,190.0	$52,838.0

* Manuel Pena Jr. 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.