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Vulture Peak Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

920 South Vulture Mine Rd

Wickenburg AZ, 85390, Maricopa County

Phone: 928-668-5350

Ranking:

(683 out of 1,363, bottom 50%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 4 to Grade 8

School District: Wickenburg 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:	13		15		15		20		18		21		21
Total Students:	208		225		236		237		247		279		275
Grade 4:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 5:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Grade 6:	59	28.4%	69	30.7%	72	30.5%	79	33.3%	77	31.2%	84	30.1%	89	32.4%
Grade 7:	73	35.1%	77	34.2%	82	34.7%	72	30.4%	83	33.6%	97	34.8%	97	35.3%
Grade 8:	76	36.5%	79	35.1%	82	34.7%	86	36.3%	87	35.2%	98	35.1%	89	32.4%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	124	59.6%	121	53.8%	122	51.7%	118	49.8%	117	47.4%	130	46.6%	129	46.9%
Female:	84	40.4%	104	46.2%	114	48.3%	119	50.2%	122	49.4%	141	50.5%	142	51.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	0	0.0%	4	1.4%	4	1.5%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%
Hispanic:	70	33.7%	71	31.6%	57	24.2%	56	23.6%	58	23.5%	62	22.2%	72	26.2%
Black:	0	0.0%	1	0.4%	2	0.8%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	2	0.7%
White:	136	65.4%	150	66.7%	173	73.3%	174	73.4%	188	76.1%	211	75.6%	196	71.3%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	1	0.5%	3	1.3%	4	1.7%	5	2.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	100	48.1%	122	54.2%	121	51.3%	104	43.9%	97	39.3%	95	34.1%	91	33.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	15	7.2%	11	4.9%	15	6.4%	20	8.4%	27	10.9%	32	11.5%	22	8.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.64		15.41		15.73		11.85		13.72		13.40		13.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	397	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	395.31	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	404	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	407	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	503	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	512	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	508.89	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	507	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	502	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	527	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	496.84	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	487	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	493	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	541	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	426	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	423.07	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	427	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	422	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	518	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	534	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	531.67	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	533	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	534	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	541	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	536	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	490.51	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	493	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	488	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	545	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	432	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	444.63	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	426	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	444	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	533	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	545	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	537.89	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	513	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	529	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	513	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	532	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	536.22	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	519	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	524	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	68.4%	57.1%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	31.6%	42.9%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	17.0 years	17.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	26.3%	33.3%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	73.7%	66.7%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,855.0	$38,279.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$33,324.0	$28,854.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,188.0	$42,992.0

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