Polaris High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

15002 North 32nd St

Phoenix AZ, 85032, Maricopa County

Phone: 602-449-2300

Ranking:

(348 out of 409, bottom 15%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Paradise Valley 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:	8		9		8		10		8		10		6
Total Students:	126		136		136		121		146		152		178
Grade 9:	12	9.5%	16	11.8%	22	16.2%	15	12.4%	15	10.3%	15	9.9%	10	5.6%
Grade 10:	18	14.3%	25	18.4%	24	17.6%	17	14.0%	27	18.5%	23	15.1%	37	20.8%
Grade 11:	40	31.7%	30	22.1%	34	25.0%	31	25.6%	30	20.5%	35	23.0%	50	28.1%
Grade 12:	56	44.4%	65	47.8%	56	41.2%	58	47.9%	74	50.7%	79	52.0%	81	45.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	83	65.9%	90	66.2%	88	64.7%	80	66.1%	95	65.1%	102	67.1%	109	61.2%
Female:	43	34.1%	46	33.8%	48	35.3%	41	33.9%	43	29.5%	42	27.6%	65	36.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.8%	2	1.5%	4	2.9%	5	4.1%	4	2.7%	4	2.6%	3	1.7%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.7%	1	0.8%	1	0.7%	1	0.7%	4	2.2%
Hispanic:	56	44.4%	71	52.2%	54	39.7%	48	39.7%	56	38.4%	64	42.1%	49	27.5%
Black:	8	6.3%	8	5.9%	5	3.7%	12	9.9%	13	8.9%	4	2.6%	6	3.4%
White:	56	44.4%	54	39.7%	68	50.0%	54	44.6%	72	49.3%	79	52.0%	116	65.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.8%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	3.2%	1	0.7%	4	2.9%	1	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	23	18.3%	74	54.4%	69	50.7%	39	32.2%	1	0.7%	61	40.1%	37	20.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	8	5.9%	8	5.9%	3	2.5%	0	0.0%	8	5.3%	14	7.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.75		15.11		17.00		12.74		18.25		15.20		29.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	664	721	N/A
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	515	N/A
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	511.99	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	509	N/A
2013	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	509	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	678	722	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	688	725	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	692	726.58	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	667	721	N/A
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	682	722	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	493	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	496	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	506.05	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	506	N/A
2013	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	452	502	N/A
2009	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	659	704	N/A
2010	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	667	714	N/A
2011	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	510.82	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	512	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	515	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	40.0%	NA
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	60.0%	71.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	60.0%	42.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	40.0%	57.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,059.0	$42,854.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,953.0	$35,661.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,717.0	$48,249.0

* Polaris High 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.