Somerton Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1011 North Somerton Ave

Somerton AZ, 85350, Yuma County

Phone: 928-341-6000

Ranking:

(1,022 out of 1,363, bottom 25%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Somerton 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:	40		41		53		53		54		48		53
Total Students:	900		875		838		802		854		888		905
Grade 6:	301	33.4%	299	34.2%	280	33.4%	284	35.4%	260	30.4%	279	31.4%	293	32.4%
Grade 7:	301	33.4%	290	33.1%	295	35.2%	254	31.7%	282	33.0%	317	35.7%	288	31.8%
Grade 8:	298	33.1%	286	32.7%	263	31.4%	264	32.9%	312	36.5%	292	32.9%	324	35.8%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	455	50.6%	441	50.4%	415	49.5%	386	48.1%	414	48.5%	449	50.6%	449	49.6%
Female:	445	49.4%	434	49.6%	423	50.5%	416	51.9%	432	50.6%	431	48.5%	452	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	23	2.6%	22	2.5%	18	2.1%	23	2.9%	35	4.1%	41	4.6%	47	5.2%
Asian:	4	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Hispanic:	858	95.3%	836	95.5%	807	96.3%	771	96.1%	809	94.7%	838	94.4%	845	93.4%
Black:	3	0.3%	3	0.3%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%
White:	10	1.1%	11	1.3%	7	0.8%	4	0.5%	7	0.8%	7	0.8%	11	1.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	648	74.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	851	99.6%	641	72.2%	652	72.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	897	99.7%	110	12.6%	835	99.6%	799	99.6%	0	0.0%	119	13.4%	111	12.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.56		21.39		15.80		15.25		15.70		18.60		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	499	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	391	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	404.68	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	402	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	403	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	477	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	493	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	500.36	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	495	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	494	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	484.05	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	481	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	484	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	526	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	402	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	412.51	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	403	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	408	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519.05	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	510	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	513	N/A
2012	Science	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	479	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	548	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490.2	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	496	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	480	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	541	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	410	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	409.35	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	419	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	415	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	513	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497.5	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	506	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	502	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	490	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	481	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	481.4	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	486	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.9%	69.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.1%	31.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	54.1%	52.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	45.9%	47.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,069.0	$38,133.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,696.0	$34,071.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$39,860.0	$42,601.0

* Somerton Middle School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.