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Palm Valley Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

2801 North 135th Ave

Goodyear AZ, 85395, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-535-6000

Ranking:

(286 out of 1,363, top 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Litchfield 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:	36		36		38		35		41		45		43
Total Students:	826		789		801		788		932		987		946
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	23	2.3%	19	2.0%
Kindergarten:	129	15.6%	136	17.2%	134	16.7%	126	16.0%	133	14.3%	158	16.0%	119	12.6%
Grade 1:	141	17.1%	138	17.5%	147	18.4%	127	16.1%	177	19.0%	149	15.1%	139	14.7%
Grade 2:	140	16.9%	130	16.5%	127	15.9%	142	18.0%	135	14.5%	143	14.5%	165	17.4%
Grade 3:	133	16.1%	125	15.8%	147	18.4%	124	15.7%	160	17.2%	181	18.3%	156	16.5%
Grade 4:	137	16.6%	136	17.2%	119	14.9%	129	16.4%	172	18.5%	158	16.0%	166	17.5%
Grade 5:	143	17.3%	122	15.5%	122	15.2%	133	16.9%	153	16.4%	169	17.1%	176	18.6%
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%
Grade 7:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%
Grade 8:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%
Ungraded:	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	7	0.9%	0	0.0%	3	0.3%	3	0.3%
Student By Gender:
Male:	424	51.3%	411	52.1%	398	49.7%	376	47.7%	458	49.1%	488	49.4%	484	51.2%
Female:	402	48.7%	378	47.9%	403	50.3%	412	52.3%	466	50.0%	491	49.7%	458	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	7	0.8%	5	0.6%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	5	0.5%	11	1.1%	13	1.4%
Asian:	70	8.5%	59	7.5%	68	8.5%	75	9.5%	114	12.2%	106	10.7%	103	10.9%
Hispanic:	252	30.5%	235	29.8%	213	26.6%	199	25.3%	214	23.0%	240	24.3%	229	24.2%
Black:	60	7.3%	58	7.4%	63	7.9%	57	7.2%	87	9.3%	86	8.7%	73	7.7%
White:	391	47.3%	379	48.0%	423	52.8%	439	55.7%	512	54.9%	544	55.1%	528	55.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.4%	6	0.8%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	43	5.2%	47	6.0%	28	3.5%	13	1.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	170	20.6%	164	20.8%	154	19.2%	0	0.0%	220	23.6%	155	15.7%	103	10.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	5.0%	54	6.8%	51	6.4%	0	0.0%	65	7.0%	60	6.1%	68	7.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.94		22.23		21.36		22.30		23.01		22.10		21.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	464	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	374	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	382.15	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	382	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380	382	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	469	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	467	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	468.57	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	468	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	464	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	504	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	391	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	400.84	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	401	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	398	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	489	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	491	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	495.15	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	487	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	488	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	527	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	535	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	582	549.06	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	540	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	533	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	519	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	402	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	408.65	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	405	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	411	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	505	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	505	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	512.76	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	508	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	512	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	533	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	548	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	507.44	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	513	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	512	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	0	420	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	0	519	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	60.0%	68.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	40.0%	31.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	52.5%	52.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	47.5%	47.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,201.0	$41,363.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,149.0	$37,713.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,575.0	$45,360.0

* Palm Valley Elementary 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.