Safford Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

698 West 11th St

Safford AZ, 85546, Graham County

Phone: 928-348-7040

Ranking:

(455 out of 1,363, top 33%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

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:	25		25		24		24		24		23		23
Total Students:	455		500		483		474		456		414		399
Grade 6:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 7:	224	49.2%	263	52.6%	252	52.2%	240	50.6%	242	53.1%	222	53.6%	202	50.6%
Grade 8:	231	50.8%	237	47.4%	231	47.8%	234	49.4%	214	46.9%	192	46.4%	197	49.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	247	54.3%	245	49.0%	233	48.2%	243	51.3%	231	50.7%	205	49.5%	210	52.6%
Female:	208	45.7%	255	51.0%	250	51.8%	231	48.7%	217	47.6%	201	48.6%	185	46.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	5	1.1%	12	2.6%	9	2.2%	7	1.8%
Asian:	3	0.7%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	3	0.6%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%
Hispanic:	244	53.6%	247	49.4%	238	49.3%	235	49.6%	209	45.8%	185	44.7%	187	46.9%
Black:	7	1.5%	8	1.6%	10	2.1%	9	1.9%	10	2.2%	9	2.2%	18	4.5%
White:	194	42.6%	239	47.8%	230	47.6%	220	46.4%	225	49.3%	211	51.0%	186	46.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	4	0.9%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	203	44.6%	232	46.4%	0	0.0%	25	5.3%	4	0.9%	132	31.9%	137	34.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	38	8.4%	48	9.6%	0	0.0%	5	1.1%	0	0.0%	44	10.6%	48	12.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.20		20.00		20.13		19.89		18.87		17.80		17.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	421	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420.28	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	425	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	426	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	535.52	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	538	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	535	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	548	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	498.88	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	446	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	440.94	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	439	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	440	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	536	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	526.83	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	527	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525.49	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	N/A
2013	Writing	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	61.9%	56.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	38.1%	43.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	13.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	14.3%	17.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	85.7%	82.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,458.0	$41,556.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,692.0	$32,921.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,919.0	$43,374.0

* Safford Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.