Surprise Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

12907 West Greenway Rd

El Mirage AZ, 85335, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-876-7000

Ranking:

(798 out of 1,363, bottom 41%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten 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:	54		47		46		47		50		48		58
Total Students:	931		904		903		831		848		886		1,069
Prekindergarten:	32	3.4%	3	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Kindergarten:	126	13.5%	106	11.7%	114	12.6%	84	10.1%	99	11.7%	104	11.7%	132	12.3%
Grade 1:	93	10.0%	102	11.3%	98	10.9%	103	12.4%	96	11.3%	117	13.2%	113	10.6%
Grade 2:	96	10.3%	107	11.8%	106	11.7%	88	10.6%	115	13.6%	93	10.5%	139	13.0%
Grade 3:	102	11.0%	100	11.1%	98	10.9%	98	11.8%	82	9.7%	100	11.3%	125	11.7%
Grade 4:	85	9.1%	88	9.7%	109	12.1%	86	10.3%	91	10.7%	101	11.4%	102	9.5%
Grade 5:	98	10.5%	102	11.3%	89	9.9%	97	11.7%	88	10.4%	88	9.9%	142	13.3%
Grade 6:	101	10.8%	90	10.0%	109	12.1%	88	10.6%	84	9.9%	119	13.4%	106	9.9%
Grade 7:	80	8.6%	101	11.2%	98	10.9%	85	10.2%	113	13.3%	92	10.4%	106	9.9%
Grade 8:	118	12.7%	105	11.6%	82	9.1%	102	12.3%	80	9.4%	72	8.1%	104	9.7%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	479	51.5%	443	49.0%	436	48.3%	411	49.5%	433	51.1%	456	51.5%	549	51.4%
Female:	452	48.5%	461	51.0%	467	51.7%	420	50.5%	407	48.0%	422	47.6%	516	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	9	1.0%	10	1.1%	12	1.3%	18	2.2%	16	1.9%	16	1.8%	13	1.2%
Asian:	7	0.8%	7	0.8%	9	1.0%	11	1.3%	14	1.7%	13	1.5%	5	0.5%
Hispanic:	546	58.6%	524	58.0%	521	57.7%	470	56.6%	491	57.9%	525	59.3%	744	69.6%
Black:	94	10.1%	90	10.0%	88	9.7%	84	10.1%	71	8.4%	95	10.7%	94	8.8%
White:	244	26.2%	246	27.2%	256	28.3%	244	29.4%	256	30.2%	237	26.7%	213	19.9%
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:	30	3.2%	26	2.9%	16	1.8%	4	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	664	71.3%	659	72.9%	649	71.9%	556	66.9%	533	62.9%	573	64.7%	45	4.2%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	84	9.0%	68	7.5%	73	8.1%	99	11.9%	82	9.7%	98	11.1%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.18		19.23		19.85		17.68		16.96		18.70		18.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	455	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	373	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	381.31	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	353	372	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	363	374	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	466	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	465	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	468.37	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	463	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	463	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	491	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	391	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	395	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	391	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	386	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	479	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	486	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	486.65	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	481	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	480	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	508	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	517	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	521.34	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	514	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	506	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	510	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	403	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	406.39	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	396	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	397	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	495	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	501	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	505.94	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	497	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	501	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	530	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	538	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	501.85	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	499	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	498	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	527	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	419	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	423.66	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	414	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	414	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	500	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	510	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	519.42	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	511	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	510	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	546	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	546	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	502.89	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	502	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	502	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	554	548	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	424	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	432.1	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	408	431	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	431	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	517	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	528	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	535.53	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	532	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	536	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	546	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	562	563	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	501.42	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	502	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	498	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	562	557	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	433	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	437.84	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	440	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	419	441	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	525	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	533	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	531.21	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	522	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	525	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	503	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	506	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	515.21	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	514	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	513	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	81.8%	79.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	18.2%	20.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	56.4%	64.6%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	43.6%	35.4%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,262.0	$42,858.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$40,306.0	$38,340.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,665.0	$51,097.0

* Surprise Elementary School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.