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Sunset Ridge Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

8490 West Missouri Ave

Glendale AZ, 85305, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-772-2215

Ranking:

(670 out of 1,363, top 49%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Pendergast Elementary District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	29		29		29		28		30		34		26
Total Students:	639		651		602		634		622		599		584
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Kindergarten:	60	9.4%	56	8.6%	48	8.0%	48	7.6%	62	10.0%	72	12.0%	56	9.6%
Grade 1:	65	10.2%	66	10.1%	52	8.6%	69	10.9%	83	13.3%	56	9.3%	63	10.8%
Grade 2:	73	11.4%	71	10.9%	68	11.3%	85	13.4%	55	8.8%	59	9.8%	56	9.6%
Grade 3:	72	11.3%	75	11.5%	83	13.8%	65	10.3%	66	10.6%	57	9.5%	82	14.0%
Grade 4:	72	11.3%	87	13.4%	62	10.3%	65	10.3%	59	9.5%	81	13.5%	61	10.4%
Grade 5:	88	13.8%	69	10.6%	74	12.3%	61	9.6%	86	13.8%	62	10.4%	75	12.8%
Grade 6:	70	11.0%	74	11.4%	63	10.5%	95	15.0%	63	10.1%	77	12.9%	60	10.3%
Grade 7:	76	11.9%	63	9.7%	90	15.0%	69	10.9%	76	12.2%	66	11.0%	66	11.3%
Grade 8:	63	9.9%	90	13.8%	62	10.3%	77	12.1%	72	11.6%	69	11.5%	65	11.1%
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:	309	48.4%	308	47.3%	292	48.5%	312	49.2%	312	50.2%	285	47.6%	281	48.1%
Female:	330	51.6%	343	52.7%	310	51.5%	322	50.8%	302	48.6%	306	51.1%	299	51.2%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	13	2.0%	6	0.9%	6	1.0%	12	1.9%	14	2.3%	9	1.5%	9	1.5%
Asian:	36	5.6%	41	6.3%	36	6.0%	27	4.3%	25	4.0%	22	3.7%	15	2.6%
Hispanic:	436	68.2%	431	66.2%	397	65.9%	440	69.4%	447	71.9%	428	71.5%	422	72.3%
Black:	37	5.8%	56	8.6%	53	8.8%	59	9.3%	50	8.0%	61	10.2%	60	10.3%
White:	96	15.0%	103	15.8%	100	16.6%	92	14.5%	86	13.8%	79	13.2%	78	13.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.6%	3	0.5%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	17	2.7%	11	1.7%	9	1.5%	4	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	354	55.4%	383	58.8%	382	63.5%	342	53.9%	366	58.8%	283	47.2%	307	52.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	69	10.8%	70	10.8%	69	11.5%	51	8.0%	47	7.6%	73	12.2%	59	10.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	22.03		22.45		20.76		22.64		20.73		17.90		22.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	440	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	355	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	351.95	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	355	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	348	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	447	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	449	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	447.85	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	449	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	447	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	482	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	371	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	377.14	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	361	368	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	361	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	469	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	470	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	475.44	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	465	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	468	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	497	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	496	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	499.06	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	487	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	486	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	503	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	385	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	390.38	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	382	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	372	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	486	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	490	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	494.36	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	487	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	488	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	508	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	521	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	489.15	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	488	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	489	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	520	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	408	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	412.95	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	412	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	405	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	493	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	505	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	510.58	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	510	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	503	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	538	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	533	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	490.87	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	494	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	495	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	548	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	419	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	430.56	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	425	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	425	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	512	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	523	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	530.8	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	529	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	528	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	531	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	538	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	494.32	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	498	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	491	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	562	554	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	431	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	431.96	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	436	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	437	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	523	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	524	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	523.28	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	522	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	519	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	496	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	501	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	505.36	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	505	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	504	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	78.3%	82.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	21.7%	17.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	4.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	69.6%	67.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	30.4%	32.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,075.0	$40,627.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,896.0	$36,230.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$47,341.0	$49,909.0

* Sunset Ridge Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.