Valley Vista High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

15550 North Parkview Place

Surprise AZ, 85374, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-523-8800

Ranking:

(111 out of 409, top 27%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

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:	99		102		98		98		101		100		86
Total Students:	2,440		2,392		2,356		2,241		2,311		2,322		1,737
Grade 9:	667	27.3%	642	26.8%	703	29.8%	622	27.8%	595	25.7%	698	30.1%	690	39.7%
Grade 10:	613	25.1%	679	28.4%	603	25.6%	553	24.7%	630	27.3%	659	28.4%	607	34.9%
Grade 11:	623	25.5%	571	23.9%	536	22.8%	562	25.1%	604	26.1%	569	24.5%	437	25.2%
Grade 12:	537	22.0%	500	20.9%	514	21.8%	504	22.5%	482	20.9%	396	17.1%	3	0.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,195	49.0%	1,213	50.7%	1,198	50.8%	1,108	49.4%	1,171	50.7%	1,208	52.0%	883	50.8%
Female:	1,245	51.0%	1,179	49.3%	1,158	49.2%	1,133	50.6%	1,132	49.0%	1,106	47.6%	850	48.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	20	0.8%	16	0.7%	10	0.4%	6	0.3%	18	0.8%	18	0.8%	12	0.7%
Asian:	37	1.5%	53	2.2%	45	1.9%	57	2.5%	72	3.1%	73	3.1%	56	3.2%
Hispanic:	911	37.3%	884	37.0%	885	37.6%	812	36.2%	806	34.9%	727	31.3%	530	30.5%
Black:	222	9.1%	204	8.5%	215	9.1%	207	9.2%	287	12.4%	289	12.4%	191	11.0%
White:	1,126	46.1%	1,089	45.5%	1,065	45.2%	1,070	47.7%	1,128	48.8%	1,215	52.3%	948	54.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	11	0.5%	8	0.3%	16	0.7%	8	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	113	4.6%	138	5.8%	120	5.1%	81	3.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	1,065	43.6%	987	41.3%	944	40.1%	856	38.2%	22	1.0%	655	28.2%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	263	10.8%	233	9.7%	240	10.2%	301	13.4%	29	1.3%	284	12.2%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	24.55		23.54		24.02		22.83		22.97		23.30		20.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	708	706	N/A
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	498	N/A
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	497.26	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	495	N/A
2013	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	496	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	703	703	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	711	707	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	713	710.2	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	711	708	N/A
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	712	710	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	474	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	483	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	493.82	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	480	N/A
2013	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	486	N/A
2009	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	700	697	N/A
2010	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	705	703	N/A
2011	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	501.15	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	503	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	509	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	57.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	42.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	42.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	57.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$44,723.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,240.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$48,836.0

* Valley Vista High 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.