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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	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	391	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	397.87	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	396	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	399	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	487	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	497	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	501.71	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	495	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	498	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	525	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	520	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	484.25	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	483	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	486	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	535	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	404	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	406.64	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	410	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	411	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	504	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	513	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	519.35	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	517	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	518	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	525	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	517	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	478.63	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	479	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	485	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	535	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	419	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420.81	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	422	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	426	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	510	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	516	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	513.38	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	510	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	509	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	488	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	490	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	502.09	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	503	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	502	511

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.