Van Buskirk Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

725 East Fair St

Tucson AZ, 85714, Pima County

Phone: 520-225-3700

Ranking:

(1,003 out of 1,363, bottom 26%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Tucson 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:	22		21		22		22		23		26		25
Total Students:	370		378		396		383		392		433		422
Prekindergarten:	18	4.9%	24	6.3%	25	6.3%	25	6.5%	30	7.7%	44	10.2%	38	9.0%
Kindergarten:	53	14.3%	65	17.2%	70	17.7%	63	16.4%	49	12.5%	73	16.9%	77	18.2%
Grade 1:	72	19.5%	54	14.3%	68	17.2%	43	11.2%	79	20.2%	68	15.7%	57	13.5%
Grade 2:	57	15.4%	57	15.1%	45	11.4%	74	19.3%	67	17.1%	66	15.2%	63	14.9%
Grade 3:	60	16.2%	49	13.0%	71	17.9%	68	17.8%	55	14.0%	63	14.5%	67	15.9%
Grade 4:	52	14.1%	65	17.2%	70	17.7%	54	14.1%	57	14.5%	60	13.9%	60	14.2%
Grade 5:	58	15.7%	64	16.9%	47	11.9%	55	14.4%	53	13.5%	55	12.7%	60	14.2%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	2	0.5%	4	0.9%	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	209	56.5%	206	54.5%	211	53.3%	200	52.2%	209	53.3%	233	53.8%	228	54.0%
Female:	161	43.5%	172	45.5%	185	46.7%	183	47.8%	175	44.6%	192	44.3%	190	45.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	11	3.0%	20	5.3%	17	4.3%	9	2.3%	11	2.8%	10	2.3%	8	1.9%
Asian:	2	0.5%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.5%
Hispanic:	340	91.9%	337	89.2%	354	89.4%	349	91.1%	358	91.3%	391	90.3%	395	93.6%
Black:	1	0.3%	7	1.9%	8	2.0%	5	1.3%	10	2.6%	10	2.3%	8	1.9%
White:	14	3.8%	10	2.6%	15	3.8%	19	5.0%	13	3.3%	22	5.1%	9	2.1%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	1	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.5%	2	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	328	88.6%	319	84.4%	303	76.5%	323	84.3%	306	78.1%	315	72.7%	2	0.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	11	3.0%	12	3.2%	9	2.3%	20	5.2%	14	3.6%	21	4.8%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.21		18.00		18.00		17.57		17.04		16.70		16.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	440	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	329	352	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	340	358.63	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	311	354	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	346	355	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	452	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	450	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	450.98	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	444	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	444	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	477	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	366	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	371.81	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	372	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	368	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	472	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	470	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	474.21	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	468	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	469	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	501	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	501	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	505.96	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	499	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	492	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	497	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	379	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	382.54	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	381	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	380	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	492	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	490	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	493.52	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	488	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	488	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	521	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	522	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	489.07	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	490	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	490	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	56.5%	54.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	43.5%	45.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	34.8%	37.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.2%	62.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,284.0	$39,190.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,094.0	$32,139.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,653.0	$43,420.0

* Van Buskirk Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.