Ron Watson Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

9851 East 28th St

Yuma AZ, 85365, Yuma County

Phone: 928-502-4352

Ranking:

(768 out of 1,363, bottom 44%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Yuma 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:	19		20		20		19		21		27		23
Total Students:	416		413		398		408		419		435		430
Grade 6:	155	37.3%	134	32.4%	118	29.6%	141	34.6%	147	35.1%	149	34.3%	140	32.6%
Grade 7:	134	32.2%	131	31.7%	141	35.4%	136	33.3%	145	34.6%	138	31.7%	156	36.3%
Grade 8:	127	30.5%	148	35.8%	139	34.9%	131	32.1%	127	30.3%	148	34.0%	134	31.2%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	207	49.8%	214	51.8%	211	53.0%	204	50.0%	211	50.4%	216	49.7%	232	54.0%
Female:	209	50.2%	199	48.2%	187	47.0%	204	50.0%	200	47.7%	211	48.5%	194	45.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	4	1.0%	3	0.8%	3	0.7%	5	1.2%	4	0.9%	1	0.2%
Asian:	7	1.7%	7	1.7%	2	0.5%	6	1.5%	8	1.9%	6	1.4%	8	1.9%
Hispanic:	192	46.2%	185	44.8%	205	51.5%	211	51.7%	223	53.2%	209	48.0%	215	50.0%
Black:	9	2.2%	13	3.1%	8	2.0%	11	2.7%	17	4.1%	15	3.4%	12	2.8%
White:	201	48.3%	201	48.7%	180	45.2%	174	42.6%	166	39.6%	201	46.2%	194	45.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	1.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	147	35.3%	198	47.9%	190	47.7%	175	42.9%	187	44.6%	182	41.8%	174	40.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	6.3%	35	8.5%	27	6.8%	40	9.8%	43	10.3%	48	11.0%	48	11.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.89		20.65		19.90		21.49		20.44		16.10		18.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	506	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	391	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	397.87	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	396	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	399	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	487	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	497	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	501.71	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	495	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	498	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	525	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	520	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	484.25	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	483	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	486	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	535	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	404	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	406.64	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	410	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	411	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	504	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	513	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	519.35	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	517	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	518	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	525	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	517	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	478.63	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	479	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	485	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	535	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	419	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420.81	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	422	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	426	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	510	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	516	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	513.38	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	510	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	509	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	488	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	490	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	502.09	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	503	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	502	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.9%	75.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	38.1%	25.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	52.4%	75.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	47.6%	25.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$32,927.0	$34,271.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$28,600.0	$32,716.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$37,686.0	$38,937.0

* Ron Watson Middle School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.