Sycamore Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

16701 South Houghton Rd

Vail AZ, 85641, Pima County

Phone: 520-762-2040

Ranking:

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

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Vail 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:	52		45		38		43		42		42		42
Total Students:	947		884		802		763		753		740		749
Kindergarten:	158	16.7%	139	15.7%	141	17.6%	108	14.2%	115	15.3%	107	14.5%	89	11.9%
Grade 1:	154	16.3%	164	18.6%	114	14.2%	121	15.9%	125	16.6%	112	15.1%	126	16.8%
Grade 2:	171	18.1%	135	15.3%	131	16.3%	134	17.6%	108	14.3%	118	15.9%	136	18.2%
Grade 3:	151	15.9%	148	16.7%	146	18.2%	110	14.4%	131	17.4%	130	17.6%	128	17.1%
Grade 4:	157	16.6%	154	17.4%	121	15.1%	139	18.2%	142	18.9%	130	17.6%	140	18.7%
Grade 5:	156	16.5%	144	16.3%	149	18.6%	151	19.8%	132	17.5%	143	19.3%	130	17.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	477	50.4%	457	51.7%	415	51.7%	395	51.8%	392	52.1%	381	51.5%	383	51.1%
Female:	470	49.6%	427	48.3%	387	48.3%	368	48.2%	353	46.9%	351	47.4%	362	48.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	5	0.5%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%	2	0.3%
Asian:	24	2.5%	24	2.7%	16	2.0%	16	2.1%	14	1.9%	16	2.2%	17	2.3%
Hispanic:	266	28.1%	232	26.2%	195	24.3%	177	23.2%	152	20.2%	167	22.6%	155	20.7%
Black:	42	4.4%	46	5.2%	37	4.6%	38	5.0%	42	5.6%	40	5.4%	37	4.9%
White:	609	64.3%	575	65.0%	550	68.6%	529	69.3%	541	71.8%	513	69.3%	538	71.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	168	17.7%	188	21.3%	153	19.1%	138	18.1%	129	17.1%	106	14.3%	98	13.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	75	7.9%	92	10.4%	65	8.1%	57	7.5%	68	9.0%	66	8.9%	68	9.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.17		19.57		21.30		17.85		18.03		17.60		17.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	480	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	394	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	399.74	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	392	397	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377	397	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	486	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	483	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	483.33	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	480	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	478	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	526	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	413	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	417.67	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	405	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	408	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	503	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	507	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	511.25	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	495	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	499	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	574	559	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	568	561	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	575	568.22	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	549	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	545	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	541	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	426	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	431.81	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	418	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	413	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	524	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	524	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	525.31	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	519	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	515	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	549	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	556	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	521.17	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	521	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	517	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	78.9%	67.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	21.1%	32.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	2.0 years	6.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	94.7%	54.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	NA	45.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$33,245.0	$33,922.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,167.0	$32,786.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	NA	$35,258.0

* Sycamore Elementary 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.