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Sandra Day O'connor High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

25250 North 35th Ave

Glendale AZ, 85310, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-445-5000

Ranking:

(51 out of 409, top 12%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Deer Valley 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:	104		107		101		101		96		92		83
Total Students:	2,570		2,589		2,513		2,406		2,244		2,119		2,002
Grade 9:	627	24.4%	690	26.7%	697	27.7%	672	27.9%	611	27.2%	598	28.2%	595	29.7%
Grade 10:	680	26.5%	699	27.0%	650	25.9%	614	25.5%	583	26.0%	585	27.6%	494	24.7%
Grade 11:	666	25.9%	630	24.3%	598	23.8%	581	24.1%	571	25.4%	488	23.0%	473	23.6%
Grade 12:	597	23.2%	570	22.0%	568	22.6%	539	22.4%	479	21.3%	448	21.1%	440	22.0%
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:	1,303	50.7%	1,312	50.7%	1,275	50.7%	1,228	51.0%	1,119	49.9%	1,042	49.2%	1,014	50.6%
Female:	1,267	49.3%	1,277	49.3%	1,238	49.3%	1,178	49.0%	1,117	49.8%	1,069	50.4%	984	49.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	20	0.8%	18	0.7%	19	0.8%	13	0.5%	16	0.7%	14	0.7%	13	0.6%
Asian:	127	4.9%	122	4.7%	123	4.9%	130	5.4%	126	5.6%	109	5.1%	93	4.6%
Hispanic:	364	14.2%	359	13.9%	348	13.8%	325	13.5%	213	9.5%	195	9.2%	176	8.8%
Black:	78	3.0%	79	3.1%	65	2.6%	71	3.0%	71	3.2%	63	3.0%	51	2.5%
White:	1,909	74.3%	1,934	74.7%	1,892	75.3%	1,808	75.1%	1,818	81.0%	1,738	82.0%	1,669	83.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	10	0.4%	11	0.4%	12	0.5%	11	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	62	2.4%	66	2.5%	54	2.1%	48	2.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	279	10.9%	276	10.7%	164	6.5%	149	6.2%	119	5.3%	107	5.0%	2	0.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	81	3.2%	79	3.1%	75	3.0%	52	2.2%	56	2.5%	38	1.8%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	24.65		24.28		25.01		23.77		23.28		23.20		24.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	727	722	N/A
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	515	N/A
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	511.25	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	506	N/A
2013	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	507	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	728	725	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	733	726	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	732	726.05	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	722	719	N/A
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	729	723	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	480	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	489	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	489.37	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	439	N/A
2013	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	440	N/A
2009	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	719	710	N/A
2010	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	729	714	N/A
2011	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	512.51	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	513	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	516	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	67.1%	67.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.9%	32.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	55.7%	63.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	44.3%	36.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,623.0	$39,225.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,597.0	$36,220.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,429.0	$44,509.0

* Sandra Day O'connor High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.