Thatcher Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1300 North 4th Ave

Thatcher AZ, 85552, Graham County

Phone: 928-348-7201

Ranking:

(256 out of 1,363, top 19%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Thatcher 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:	18		17		16		11		10		12		13
Total Students:	361		348		341		202		198		186		205
Grade 6:	127	35.2%	115	33.0%	94	27.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 7:	127	35.2%	97	27.9%	136	39.9%	102	50.5%	99	50.0%	106	57.0%	87	42.4%
Grade 8:	107	29.6%	136	39.1%	111	32.6%	100	49.5%	99	50.0%	80	43.0%	118	57.6%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	185	51.2%	165	47.4%	177	51.9%	115	56.9%	107	54.0%	96	51.6%	108	52.7%
Female:	176	48.8%	183	52.6%	164	48.1%	87	43.1%	83	41.9%	82	44.1%	93	45.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.6%	1	0.3%	3	0.9%	2	1.0%	2	1.0%	3	1.6%	6	2.9%
Asian:	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	3	1.5%	4	2.0%	3	1.6%	1	0.5%
Hispanic:	83	23.0%	73	21.0%	66	19.4%	41	20.3%	28	14.1%	27	14.5%	37	18.0%
Black:	1	0.3%	2	0.6%	2	0.6%	3	1.5%	3	1.5%	0	0.0%	2	1.0%
White:	267	74.0%	270	77.6%	267	78.3%	152	75.2%	161	81.3%	153	82.3%	159	77.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.7%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	83	23.0%	88	25.3%	83	24.3%	32	15.8%	62	31.3%	40	21.5%	42	20.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	43	11.9%	32	9.2%	32	9.4%	33	16.3%	27	13.6%	35	18.8%	42	20.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	20.34		20.47		20.98		18.36		19.80		15.10		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	429	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	526	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	574	574	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	439.49	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	437	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	435	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	546	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	540	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	547.81	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	548	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	548	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	563	563	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	545	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534.08	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	585	585	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	447	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	442.27	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	446	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	439	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	549	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	553	553	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	544.45	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	539	539	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	538	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	527	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	546.13	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.7%	66.7%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.3%	33.3%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	45.5%	44.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	54.5%	55.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,563.0	$33,312.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$32,747.0	$29,713.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$41,576.0	$36,191.0

* Thatcher Middle 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.