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Power Ranch Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

4351 South Ranch House Parkway

Gilbert AZ, 85297, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-279-7000

Ranking:

(197 out of 1,363, top 14%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Higley 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:	30		46		47		47		48		66		62
Total Students:	664		914		858		933		943		1,264		1,237
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	42	4.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	86	13.0%	108	11.8%	81	9.4%	98	10.5%	93	9.9%	135	10.7%	125	10.1%
Grade 1:	114	17.2%	87	9.5%	90	10.5%	97	10.4%	110	11.7%	145	11.5%	137	11.1%
Grade 2:	83	12.5%	101	11.1%	89	10.4%	108	11.6%	95	10.1%	142	11.2%	153	12.4%
Grade 3:	104	15.7%	79	8.6%	100	11.7%	103	11.0%	124	13.1%	150	11.9%	153	12.4%
Grade 4:	81	12.2%	108	11.8%	105	12.2%	122	13.1%	102	10.8%	150	11.9%	136	11.0%
Grade 5:	104	15.7%	95	10.4%	112	13.1%	104	11.1%	105	11.1%	126	10.0%	146	11.8%
Grade 6:	92	13.9%	116	12.7%	109	12.7%	100	10.7%	87	9.2%	132	10.4%	139	11.2%
Grade 7:	0	0.0%	97	10.6%	86	10.0%	87	9.3%	116	12.3%	137	10.8%	135	10.9%
Grade 8:	0	0.0%	81	8.9%	86	10.0%	114	12.2%	111	11.8%	147	11.6%	113	9.1%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	342	51.5%	487	53.3%	442	51.5%	482	51.7%	506	53.7%	677	53.6%	648	52.4%
Female:	322	48.5%	427	46.7%	416	48.5%	451	48.3%	429	45.5%	579	45.8%	585	47.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	8	1.2%	7	0.8%	7	0.8%	8	0.9%	11	1.2%	13	1.0%	9	0.7%
Asian:	25	3.8%	33	3.6%	30	3.5%	34	3.6%	38	4.0%	54	4.3%	54	4.4%
Hispanic:	135	20.3%	195	21.3%	151	17.6%	170	18.2%	152	16.1%	220	17.4%	204	16.5%
Black:	10	1.5%	33	3.6%	38	4.4%	37	4.0%	52	5.5%	81	6.4%	59	4.8%
White:	449	67.6%	592	64.8%	587	68.4%	642	68.8%	690	73.2%	896	70.9%	911	73.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.6%	4	0.4%	5	0.6%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	33	5.0%	50	5.5%	40	4.7%	41	4.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	126	19.0%	193	21.1%	172	20.0%	170	18.2%	163	17.3%	179	14.2%	74	6.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	42	6.3%	52	5.7%	36	4.2%	35	3.8%	43	4.6%	52	4.1%	42	3.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.84		20.09		18.19		19.78		19.69		19.20		20.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	466	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	385	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	391.73	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	393	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	399	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	475	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	482	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	485.42	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	482	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	487	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	501	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387	390	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	403.85	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	403	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	406	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	490	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	497	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	505.24	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	495	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	503	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	524	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	532	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	544.65	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	544	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	544	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	525	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	408	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	412.08	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	415	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	414	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	507	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	512	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	516.77	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	514	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	517	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	561	541	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	553	550	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	517.02	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	525	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	521	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	538	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	416	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	427.85	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	426	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	427	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	512	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	519	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	528.22	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	527	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	528	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	550	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	569	554	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	516.79	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	525	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	526	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	569	565	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	440	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	443.64	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	450	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	449	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	526	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	536	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	546.16	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	548	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	568	553	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	553	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	559	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	512.68	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	516	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	514	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	581	574	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	444	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	446.12	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	448	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	454	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	559	544	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	545	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	540.11	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	534	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	536	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	514	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	526	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	535.13	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	534	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	526	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	68.9%	72.4%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.1%	27.6%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	5.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	59.0%	67.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	41.0%	32.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,900.0	$35,882.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,893.0	$34,272.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,230.0	$39,188.0

* Power Ranch Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.