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Sonoran Heights Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

11405 North Greer Ranch Parkwa

Surprise AZ, 85379, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-523-8550

Ranking:

(134 out of 1,363, top 10%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Dysart 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:	48		42		39		36		34		33		39
Total Students:	947		895		780		658		568		516		714
Kindergarten:	89	9.4%	118	13.2%	112	14.4%	99	15.0%	63	11.1%	56	10.9%	70	9.8%
Grade 1:	126	13.3%	116	13.0%	108	13.8%	76	11.6%	68	12.0%	55	10.7%	94	13.2%
Grade 2:	118	12.5%	115	12.8%	74	9.5%	72	10.9%	61	10.7%	61	11.8%	88	12.3%
Grade 3:	112	11.8%	89	9.9%	84	10.8%	71	10.8%	63	11.1%	66	12.8%	76	10.6%
Grade 4:	97	10.2%	107	12.0%	85	10.9%	65	9.9%	73	12.9%	51	9.9%	82	11.5%
Grade 5:	110	11.6%	93	10.4%	76	9.7%	79	12.0%	62	10.9%	58	11.2%	82	11.5%
Grade 6:	93	9.8%	99	11.1%	79	10.1%	68	10.3%	60	10.6%	61	11.8%	78	10.9%
Grade 7:	95	10.0%	88	9.8%	73	9.4%	71	10.8%	59	10.4%	46	8.9%	70	9.8%
Grade 8:	92	9.7%	70	7.8%	89	11.4%	57	8.7%	59	10.4%	62	12.0%	74	10.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	462	48.8%	449	50.2%	424	54.4%	350	53.2%	290	51.1%	277	53.7%	374	52.4%
Female:	485	51.2%	446	49.8%	356	45.6%	308	46.8%	270	47.5%	231	44.8%	336	47.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	1.2%	7	0.8%	7	0.9%	6	0.9%	5	0.9%	5	1.0%	9	1.3%
Asian:	52	5.5%	52	5.8%	53	6.8%	53	8.1%	52	9.2%	50	9.7%	46	6.4%
Hispanic:	202	21.3%	206	23.0%	190	24.4%	171	26.0%	157	27.6%	142	27.5%	198	27.7%
Black:	63	6.7%	56	6.3%	66	8.5%	61	9.3%	45	7.9%	41	7.9%	54	7.6%
White:	585	61.8%	548	61.2%	449	57.6%	361	54.9%	309	54.4%	278	53.9%	407	57.0%
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:	34	3.6%	26	2.9%	15	1.9%	6	0.9%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	179	18.9%	149	16.6%	145	18.6%	141	21.4%	101	17.8%	90	17.4%	7	1.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	41	4.3%	42	4.7%	55	7.1%	42	6.4%	40	7.0%	48	9.3%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.57		21.31		20.26		18.41		16.96		15.60		18.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	455	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	373	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	381.31	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	372	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	374	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	466	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	465	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	468.37	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	463	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	463	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	491	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	391	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	395	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	391	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	386	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	479	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	486	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	486.65	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	481	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	480	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	508	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	517	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	521.34	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	514	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	506	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	510	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	403	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	406.39	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	396	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	397	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	495	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	501	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	505.94	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	497	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	501	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	530	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	538	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	501.85	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	499	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	498	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	563	527	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	419	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	423.66	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	414	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	414	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	500	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	510	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	519.42	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	511	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	510	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	561	546	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	574	546	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	502.89	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	502	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	502	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	596	548	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	424	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	432.1	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	431	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	458	431	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	517	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	567	528	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	535.53	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	532	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	559	536	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	571	546	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	599	563	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	501.42	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	502	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	498	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	607	557	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	433	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	437.84	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	440	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	441	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	525	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	533	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	565	531.21	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	557	522	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	525	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	503	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	506	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	515.21	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	514	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	513	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	64.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	35.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	71.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	28.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,580.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,951.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$50,818.0

* Sonoran Heights 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.