Whittier Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

733 North Longmore

Mesa AZ, 85201, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-472-0200

Ranking:

(757 out of 1,363, bottom 44%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Mesa 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:	30		27		29		28		31		31		31
Total Students:	551		534		518		505		545		539		562
Prekindergarten:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	16	3.0%	13	2.3%
Kindergarten:	80	14.5%	92	17.2%	68	13.1%	54	10.7%	77	14.1%	82	15.2%	81	14.4%
Grade 1:	94	17.1%	75	14.0%	65	12.5%	87	17.2%	85	15.6%	80	14.8%	88	15.7%
Grade 2:	78	14.2%	64	12.0%	83	16.0%	71	14.1%	82	15.0%	69	12.8%	92	16.4%
Grade 3:	64	11.6%	82	15.4%	69	13.3%	77	15.2%	70	12.8%	83	15.4%	82	14.6%
Grade 4:	92	16.7%	74	13.9%	84	16.2%	62	12.3%	80	14.7%	73	13.5%	60	10.7%
Grade 5:	73	13.2%	78	14.6%	62	12.0%	81	16.0%	80	14.7%	61	11.3%	71	12.6%
Grade 6:	68	12.3%	68	12.7%	87	16.8%	72	14.3%	71	13.0%	75	13.9%	75	13.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	304	55.2%	277	51.9%	253	48.8%	259	51.3%	276	50.6%	266	49.4%	286	50.9%
Female:	247	44.8%	257	48.1%	265	51.2%	246	48.7%	261	47.9%	265	49.2%	272	48.4%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	95	17.2%	93	17.4%	95	18.3%	91	18.0%	88	16.1%	84	15.6%	61	10.9%
Asian:	16	2.9%	13	2.4%	8	1.5%	8	1.6%	7	1.3%	8	1.5%	10	1.8%
Hispanic:	283	51.4%	275	51.5%	260	50.2%	258	51.1%	287	52.7%	277	51.4%	317	56.4%
Black:	18	3.3%	18	3.4%	26	5.0%	13	2.6%	12	2.2%	11	2.0%	21	3.7%
White:	130	23.6%	126	23.6%	124	23.9%	133	26.3%	151	27.7%	159	29.5%	153	27.2%
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:	9	1.6%	9	1.7%	5	1.0%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	380	69.0%	357	66.9%	347	67.0%	352	69.7%	357	65.5%	304	56.4%	330	58.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	46	8.3%	49	9.2%	54	10.4%	51	10.1%	65	11.9%	65	12.1%	97	17.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.46		19.85		18.05		18.23		17.69		17.40		18.20

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	456	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	368	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	375.13	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	372	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	373	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	463	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	463	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	465.01	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	460	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	460	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	495	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	383	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	388.63	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	383	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	383	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	481	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	483	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	485.49	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	476	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	480	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	507	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	512	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	518.42	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	510	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	506	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	516	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377	394	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	401.28	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	394	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	392	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	500	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	498	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	505.22	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	498	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	500	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	523	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	527	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	496.98	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	502	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	498	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	537	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	416	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	423.48	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	413	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	412	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	508	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	515	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	520.5	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	509	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	511	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	539	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	547	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	502.88	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	506	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	496	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	62.5%	64.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	37.5%	35.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	12.0 years	12.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.6%	35.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	59.4%	64.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$47,984.0	$48,569.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$39,024.0	$37,813.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,115.0	$54,485.0

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