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Western Peaks Elementary Primary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

18063 West Surprise Farms Loop

Surprise AZ, 85388, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-876-7000

Ranking:

(468 out of 1,363, top 34%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 8

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:	39		60		64		62		63		53		45
Total Students:	977		1,172		744		897		1,150		1,227		1,377
Prekindergarten:	225	23.0%	406	34.6%	25	3.4%	169	18.8%	383	33.3%	512	41.7%	468	34.0%
Kindergarten:	73	7.5%	73	6.2%	75	10.1%	68	7.6%	89	7.7%	83	6.8%	96	7.0%
Grade 1:	84	8.6%	81	6.9%	69	9.3%	92	10.3%	89	7.7%	80	6.5%	108	7.8%
Grade 2:	70	7.2%	74	6.3%	92	12.4%	77	8.6%	83	7.2%	91	7.4%	115	8.4%
Grade 3:	77	7.9%	94	8.0%	77	10.3%	87	9.7%	97	8.4%	82	6.7%	96	7.0%
Grade 4:	91	9.3%	94	8.0%	93	12.5%	85	9.5%	96	8.3%	74	6.0%	111	8.1%
Grade 5:	95	9.7%	93	7.9%	79	10.6%	84	9.4%	80	7.0%	86	7.0%	99	7.2%
Grade 6:	91	9.3%	92	7.8%	77	10.3%	73	8.1%	88	7.7%	76	6.2%	88	6.4%
Grade 7:	82	8.4%	84	7.2%	71	9.5%	80	8.9%	83	7.2%	60	4.9%	101	7.3%
Grade 8:	89	9.1%	81	6.9%	86	11.6%	82	9.1%	62	5.4%	83	6.8%	95	6.9%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	570	58.3%	701	59.8%	400	53.8%	485	54.1%	640	55.7%	674	54.9%	761	55.3%
Female:	407	41.7%	471	40.2%	344	46.2%	412	45.9%	502	43.7%	545	44.4%	612	44.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.4%	3	0.3%	4	0.5%	6	0.7%	11	1.0%	4	0.3%	3	0.2%
Asian:	31	3.2%	33	2.8%	27	3.6%	41	4.6%	48	4.2%	52	4.2%	37	2.7%
Hispanic:	220	22.5%	324	27.6%	172	23.1%	218	24.3%	294	25.6%	325	26.5%	495	35.9%
Black:	84	8.6%	90	7.7%	66	8.9%	90	10.0%	110	9.6%	104	8.5%	105	7.6%
White:	596	61.0%	676	57.7%	460	61.8%	534	59.5%	687	59.7%	742	60.5%	737	53.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	4	0.4%	4	0.3%	2	0.3%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	38	3.9%	42	3.6%	13	1.7%	7	0.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	292	29.9%	347	29.6%	215	28.9%	271	30.2%	179	15.6%	166	13.5%	11	0.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	85	8.7%	90	7.7%	72	9.7%	98	10.9%	95	8.3%	81	6.6%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	24.99		19.70		11.72		14.54		18.40		23.20		30.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	455	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	373	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	381.31	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	372	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	374	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	466	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	465	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	468.37	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	459	463	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	463	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	491	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	391	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	395	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	391	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	386	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	479	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	486	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	486.65	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	481	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	480	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	508	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	517	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	521.34	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	514	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	506	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	510	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	403	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	406.39	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	396	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	397	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	495	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	501	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	505.94	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	497	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	501	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	530	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	551	538	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	501.85	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	499	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	498	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	527	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	419	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	423.66	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	403	414	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	414	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	500	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	510	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	519.42	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	511	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	510	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	546	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	553	546	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	502.89	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	502	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	502	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	554	548	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	424	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	432.1	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	431	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	431	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	517	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	528	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	535.53	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	532	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	536	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	562	546	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	557	563	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	501.42	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	502	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	498	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	576	557	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	433	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	437.84	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	440	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	441	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	534	525	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	533	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	531.21	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	522	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	540	525	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	503	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	506	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	515.21	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	514	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	513	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

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

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	52.9%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	47.1%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,283.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$43,211.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,864.0

* Western Peaks Elementary Primary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.