Meridian Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

3900 South Mountain Rd

Mesa AZ, 85212, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-497-3300

Ranking:

(295 out of 1,363, top 22%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Gilbert 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:	52		52		50		49		45		50		49
Total Students:	1,008		997		973		945		930		904		896
Prekindergarten:	14	1.4%	13	1.3%	12	1.2%	0	0.0%	19	2.0%	21	2.3%	24	2.7%
Kindergarten:	124	12.3%	123	12.3%	135	13.9%	122	12.9%	125	13.4%	111	12.3%	117	13.1%
Grade 1:	135	13.4%	139	13.9%	130	13.4%	132	14.0%	110	11.8%	126	13.9%	140	15.6%
Grade 2:	151	15.0%	149	14.9%	127	13.1%	122	12.9%	126	13.5%	133	14.7%	139	15.5%
Grade 3:	141	14.0%	134	13.4%	134	13.8%	133	14.1%	141	15.2%	133	14.7%	126	14.1%
Grade 4:	143	14.2%	152	15.2%	139	14.3%	137	14.5%	148	15.9%	126	13.9%	115	12.8%
Grade 5:	157	15.6%	139	13.9%	143	14.7%	156	16.5%	138	14.8%	121	13.4%	128	14.3%
Grade 6:	143	14.2%	148	14.8%	153	15.7%	143	15.1%	123	13.2%	133	14.7%	107	11.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	500	49.6%	502	50.4%	476	48.9%	474	50.2%	458	49.2%	453	50.1%	455	50.8%
Female:	508	50.4%	495	49.6%	497	51.1%	471	49.8%	464	49.9%	443	49.0%	437	48.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	9	0.9%	7	0.7%	7	0.7%	5	0.5%	3	0.3%	5	0.6%	7	0.8%
Asian:	33	3.3%	29	2.9%	36	3.7%	40	4.2%	46	4.9%	41	4.5%	26	2.9%
Hispanic:	196	19.4%	177	17.8%	172	17.7%	150	15.9%	151	16.2%	145	16.0%	151	16.9%
Black:	33	3.3%	39	3.9%	42	4.3%	43	4.6%	51	5.5%	41	4.5%	39	4.4%
White:	715	70.9%	724	72.6%	693	71.2%	694	73.4%	679	73.0%	672	74.3%	673	75.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	6	0.6%	2	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	20	2.0%	20	2.0%	17	1.7%	11	1.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1	0.1%	NA	NA	116	11.9%	202	21.4%	136	14.6%	160	17.7%	124	13.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	2	0.2%	NA	NA	56	5.8%	72	7.6%	87	9.4%	60	6.6%	75	8.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.24		19.06		19.51		19.39		20.87		18.00		18.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	472	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	378	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	386.2	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	382	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	385	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	480	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	477	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	480.18	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	477	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	476	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	512	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	392	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	392.05	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	396	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	392	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	501	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	497	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	500.13	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	495	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	493	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	524	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	525	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530.18	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	528	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	518	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	530	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	409	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	410.87	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	410	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	407	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	517	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	514	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	516.93	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	513	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	515	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	549	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	557	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	517.94	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	523	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	526	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	554	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	426	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	429.11	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	428	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	428	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	525	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	525	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	530.07	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	529	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	527	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	570	558	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	565	571	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	518.02	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	524	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	520	N/A

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Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	62.8%	66.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.2%	33.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	4.0 years	3.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	76.7%	76.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	23.3%	23.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$36,560.0	$36,736.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,188.0	$35,657.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$44,389.0	$40,190.0

* Meridian Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.