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Palo Verde Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

10700 South Palo Verde Rd

Palo Verde AZ, 85343, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-327-3690

Ranking:

(569 out of 1,363, top 42%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Palo Verde 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:	21		24		26		27		24		27		22
Total Students:	447		430		445		490		499		452		449
Kindergarten:	62	13.9%	52	12.1%	53	11.9%	50	10.2%	46	9.2%	62	13.7%	47	10.5%
Grade 1:	51	11.4%	49	11.4%	46	10.3%	47	9.6%	58	11.6%	36	8.0%	46	10.2%
Grade 2:	59	13.2%	45	10.5%	45	10.1%	50	10.2%	46	9.2%	42	9.3%	55	12.2%
Grade 3:	45	10.1%	47	10.9%	44	9.9%	49	10.0%	46	9.2%	50	11.1%	51	11.4%
Grade 4:	54	12.1%	40	9.3%	47	10.6%	50	10.2%	53	10.6%	64	14.2%	54	12.0%
Grade 5:	42	9.4%	47	10.9%	40	9.0%	60	12.2%	60	12.0%	46	10.2%	55	12.2%
Grade 6:	43	9.6%	35	8.1%	52	11.7%	67	13.7%	52	10.4%	63	13.9%	59	13.1%
Grade 7:	44	9.8%	50	11.6%	63	14.2%	49	10.0%	71	14.2%	56	12.4%	38	8.5%
Grade 8:	47	10.5%	59	13.7%	46	10.3%	66	13.5%	67	13.4%	33	7.3%	44	9.8%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	262	58.6%	244	56.7%	242	54.4%	269	54.9%	261	52.3%	227	50.2%	235	52.3%
Female:	185	41.4%	186	43.3%	203	45.6%	221	45.1%	230	46.1%	217	48.0%	210	46.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.9%	6	1.4%	6	1.3%	8	1.6%	8	1.6%	9	2.0%	9	2.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	0.8%	4	0.9%	2	0.4%
Hispanic:	285	63.8%	244	56.7%	243	54.6%	251	51.2%	232	46.5%	237	52.4%	245	54.6%
Black:	7	1.6%	17	4.0%	17	3.8%	10	2.0%	17	3.4%	10	2.2%	10	2.2%
White:	149	33.3%	162	37.7%	179	40.2%	219	44.7%	238	47.7%	192	42.5%	183	40.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	215	48.1%	268	62.3%	261	58.7%	283	57.8%	260	52.1%	227	50.2%	222	49.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	37	8.3%	50	11.6%	48	10.8%	54	11.0%	67	13.4%	50	11.1%	55	12.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.29		17.92		17.34		18.37		20.79		16.70		20.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	455	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	382	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	375.38	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	373	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	348	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	464	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	464	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	460.3	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	469	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	451	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	474	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	370	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	390.37	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	382	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	375	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	468	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	471	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	483.33	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	471	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	504	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	531.87	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	517	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	496	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	409	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	405.19	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	426	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	411	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	493.65	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	505	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	504	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	520	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	549	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	497.59	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	391	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	436.46	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	414	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	501	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	518.74	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	510	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	518	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	533	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507.2	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	547	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	417	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	416.66	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	525.85	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	546	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	533	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	493.96	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	498	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	556	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	447.46	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	422	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	454	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	524	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	522.94	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	523	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	510	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	501	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514.43	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	502	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.0%	63.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.0%	36.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	55.0%	47.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	45.0%	52.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,035.0	$39,701.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,812.0	$33,396.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,196.0	$45,375.0

* Palo Verde Elementary 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.