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Sunset Hills Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

17825 West Sierra Montana Loop

Surprise AZ, 85379, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-523-8700

Ranking:

(241 out of 1,363, top 18%)*

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:	58		53		51		53		57		60		51
Total Students:	1,221		1,162		1,106		1,096		1,135		1,227		1,163
Kindergarten:	134	11.0%	125	10.8%	115	10.4%	100	9.1%	127	11.2%	131	10.7%	133	11.4%
Grade 1:	136	11.1%	116	10.0%	116	10.5%	135	12.3%	128	11.3%	148	12.1%	127	10.9%
Grade 2:	140	11.5%	117	10.1%	144	13.0%	122	11.1%	132	11.6%	126	10.3%	144	12.4%
Grade 3:	118	9.7%	141	12.1%	126	11.4%	127	11.6%	124	10.9%	150	12.2%	130	11.2%
Grade 4:	149	12.2%	139	12.0%	125	11.3%	121	11.0%	145	12.8%	142	11.6%	126	10.8%
Grade 5:	134	11.0%	127	10.9%	124	11.2%	131	12.0%	126	11.1%	137	11.2%	119	10.2%
Grade 6:	131	10.7%	130	11.2%	131	11.8%	124	11.3%	113	10.0%	130	10.6%	126	10.8%
Grade 7:	132	10.8%	140	12.0%	116	10.5%	110	10.0%	122	10.7%	132	10.8%	131	11.3%
Grade 8:	140	11.5%	119	10.2%	109	9.9%	126	11.5%	118	10.4%	131	10.7%	127	10.9%
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:	612	50.1%	573	49.3%	547	49.5%	551	50.3%	558	49.2%	625	50.9%	600	51.6%
Female:	609	49.9%	589	50.7%	559	50.5%	545	49.7%	569	50.1%	594	48.4%	559	48.1%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.4%	5	0.4%	4	0.4%	4	0.4%	6	0.5%	3	0.2%	3	0.3%
Asian:	27	2.2%	27	2.3%	29	2.6%	36	3.3%	34	3.0%	37	3.0%	31	2.7%
Hispanic:	271	22.2%	243	20.9%	240	21.7%	251	22.9%	254	22.4%	262	21.4%	279	24.0%
Black:	79	6.5%	70	6.0%	55	5.0%	66	6.0%	88	7.8%	122	9.9%	125	10.7%
White:	792	64.9%	780	67.1%	758	68.5%	731	66.7%	753	66.3%	803	65.4%	725	62.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	7	0.6%	3	0.3%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	40	3.3%	34	2.9%	19	1.7%	7	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	369	30.2%	312	26.9%	275	24.9%	283	25.8%	243	21.4%	279	22.7%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	72	5.9%	101	8.7%	105	9.5%	117	10.7%	111	9.8%	122	9.9%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.02		21.92		21.90		20.88		19.95		20.30		22.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	455	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	373	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	388	381.31	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	372	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	374	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	466	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	465	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	468.37	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	463	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	463	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	491	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	391	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	395	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	391	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	386	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	479	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	486	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	486.65	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	481	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	480	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	508	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	517	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	521.34	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	514	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	506	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	510	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	403	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	406.39	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	396	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	397	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	495	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	501	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	505.94	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	497	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	501	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	530	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	538	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	501.85	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	499	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	498	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	527	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	432	419	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	423.66	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	414	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	414	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	500	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	510	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	519.42	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	511	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	510	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	560	546	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	564	546	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	502.89	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	502	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	502	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	567	548	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	424	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	432.1	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	431	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	431	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	517	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	528	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	535.53	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	532	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	555	536	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	563	546	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	577	563	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	501.42	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	502	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	498	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	567	557	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	433	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	437.84	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	440	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	462	441	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	525	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	552	533	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	531.21	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	522	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	525	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	503	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	506	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	515.21	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	514	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	513	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	73.3%	78.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	26.7%	21.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	5.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	64.4%	61.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	35.6%	38.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,586.0	$40,950.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$42,559.0	$38,321.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,073.0	$45,222.0

* Sunset Hills Elementary Primary School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.