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Sierra Verde Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

7241 West Rose Garden Ln

Glendale AZ, 85308, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-445-5000

Ranking:

(83 out of 1,363, top 6%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

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:	47		48		45		41		43		46		48
Total Students:	963		875		795		783		768		804		862
Prekindergarten:	18	1.9%	21	2.4%	19	2.4%	17	2.2%	11	1.4%	28	3.5%	29	3.4%
Kindergarten:	77	8.0%	83	9.5%	71	8.9%	70	8.9%	70	9.1%	60	7.5%	78	9.0%
Grade 1:	101	10.5%	90	10.3%	83	10.4%	81	10.3%	68	8.9%	82	10.2%	89	10.3%
Grade 2:	95	9.9%	98	11.2%	86	10.8%	76	9.7%	76	9.9%	84	10.4%	68	7.9%
Grade 3:	112	11.6%	96	11.0%	78	9.8%	80	10.2%	91	11.8%	72	9.0%	78	9.0%
Grade 4:	110	11.4%	89	10.2%	86	10.8%	91	11.6%	76	9.9%	82	10.2%	104	12.1%
Grade 5:	103	10.7%	88	10.1%	97	12.2%	87	11.1%	84	10.9%	101	12.6%	106	12.3%
Grade 6:	97	10.1%	108	12.3%	93	11.7%	84	10.7%	100	13.0%	103	12.8%	103	11.9%
Grade 7:	127	13.2%	102	11.7%	85	10.7%	100	12.8%	97	12.6%	92	11.4%	94	10.9%
Grade 8:	123	12.8%	100	11.4%	97	12.2%	97	12.4%	95	12.4%	100	12.4%	113	13.1%
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:	513	53.3%	481	55.0%	434	54.6%	412	52.6%	402	52.3%	415	51.6%	467	54.2%
Female:	450	46.7%	394	45.0%	361	45.4%	371	47.4%	358	46.6%	381	47.4%	391	45.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	3	0.4%	7	0.9%	3	0.3%
Asian:	79	8.2%	71	8.1%	76	9.6%	58	7.4%	62	8.1%	56	7.0%	51	5.9%
Hispanic:	113	11.7%	100	11.4%	87	10.9%	92	11.7%	58	7.6%	61	7.6%	61	7.1%
Black:	21	2.2%	19	2.2%	11	1.4%	14	1.8%	24	3.1%	23	2.9%	22	2.6%
White:	711	73.8%	655	74.9%	587	73.8%	585	74.7%	621	80.9%	657	81.7%	725	84.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	37	3.8%	27	3.1%	32	4.0%	32	4.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	132	13.7%	120	13.7%	60	7.5%	55	7.0%	70	9.1%	38	4.7%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	39	4.0%	49	5.6%	40	5.0%	34	4.3%	37	4.8%	26	3.2%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.49		18.31		17.83		19.05		17.82		17.60		18.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	464	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	380	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	384.03	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	384	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	388	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	474	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	474	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	474.68	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	472	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	479	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	499	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	391	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	398.67	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	397	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	394	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	494	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	497	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	500.7	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	492	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	495	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	526	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	533	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	562	544.87	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	536	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	531	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	517	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	403	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	408.92	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	404	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	406	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	510	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	510	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	515.77	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	513	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	515	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	557	536	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	547	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	512.22	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	515	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	517	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	577	544	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	420	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	432	425.53	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	423	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	423	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	519	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	523	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	531.56	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	527	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	527	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	549	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	583	565	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	517.86	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	520	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	513	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	599	566	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	437	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	436.37	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	439	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	444	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	529	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	540	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	559	545.83	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	545	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	567	550	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	586	553	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	591	563	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	513.25	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	516	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	512	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	604	577	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	446	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	447.67	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	447	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	446	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	569	548	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	572	546	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	569	547.56	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	553	537	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	562	539	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	521	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	527	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	535.2	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	531	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	528	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.5%	58.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	41.5%	41.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	8.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	46.3%	58.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	53.7%	41.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$42,114.0	$39,604.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,786.0	$36,516.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,851.0	$43,895.0

* Sierra Verde Elementary Primary School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.