Ruth Powell Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1041 South 14th Ave

Safford AZ, 85546, Graham County

Phone: 928-348-7030

Ranking:

(478 out of 1,363, top 35%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Safford 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:	28		28		30		32		31		33		29
Total Students:	573		548		573		594		614		623		583
Kindergarten:	84	14.7%	76	13.9%	71	12.4%	77	13.0%	73	11.9%	89	14.3%	94	16.1%
Grade 1:	83	14.5%	78	14.2%	83	14.5%	74	12.5%	90	14.7%	93	14.9%	89	15.3%
Grade 2:	85	14.8%	77	14.1%	77	13.4%	81	13.6%	99	16.1%	88	14.1%	74	12.7%
Grade 3:	79	13.8%	76	13.9%	78	13.6%	93	15.7%	83	13.5%	73	11.7%	98	16.8%
Grade 4:	79	13.8%	75	13.7%	96	16.8%	81	13.6%	81	13.2%	108	17.3%	84	14.4%
Grade 5:	75	13.1%	87	15.9%	82	14.3%	84	14.1%	105	17.1%	85	13.6%	85	14.6%
Grade 6:	88	15.4%	79	14.4%	86	15.0%	104	17.5%	83	13.5%	87	14.0%	59	10.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	302	52.7%	273	49.8%	286	49.9%	291	49.0%	302	49.2%	301	48.3%	288	49.4%
Female:	271	47.3%	275	50.2%	287	50.1%	303	51.0%	304	49.5%	314	50.4%	291	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	9	1.5%	14	2.2%	8	1.4%
Asian:	1	0.2%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3	0.5%
Hispanic:	242	42.2%	219	40.0%	236	41.2%	221	37.2%	253	41.2%	267	42.9%	247	42.4%
Black:	13	2.3%	6	1.1%	8	1.4%	8	1.3%	14	2.3%	14	2.2%	14	2.4%
White:	312	54.5%	317	57.8%	325	56.7%	364	61.3%	338	55.0%	328	52.6%	311	53.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.7%	2	0.4%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	248	43.3%	261	47.6%	163	28.4%	324	54.5%	186	30.3%	251	40.3%	221	37.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	30	5.2%	54	9.9%	25	4.4%	54	9.1%	41	6.7%	77	12.4%	90	15.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.84		19.57		19.10		18.37		19.60		18.70		19.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	447	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	371	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	368.31	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	357	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	367	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	462	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	470	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	464.49	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	450	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	457	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	483	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	379	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380	379.19	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	377	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	370	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	474	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	477	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	484.22	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	477	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	471	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	507	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	511	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	520.93	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	512	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	500	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	513	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	392	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	399.62	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	388	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	392	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	506	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	503	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	503.63	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	496	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	502	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	533	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	531	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	498.68	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	501	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	529	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	412	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	412.38	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	413	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	416	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	507	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	513	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	515.93	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	512	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	507	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	535	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	543	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	498.55	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	503	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	496	N/A

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Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	44.8%	46.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	55.2%	53.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	24.1%	19.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	75.9%	80.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$43,586.0	$41,406.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,814.0	$31,071.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,695.0	$43,866.0

* Ruth Powell 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.