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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	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	354	368	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	375.13	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	372	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	373	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	463	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	463	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	465.01	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	444	460	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	442	460	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	495	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	383	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	388.63	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	366	383	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	383	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	481	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	483	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	485.49	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	476	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	480	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	507	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	512	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	518.42	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	510	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	506	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	516	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	377	394	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	401.28	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	394	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	392	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	500	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	498	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	505.22	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	498	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	500	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	523	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	527	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	496.98	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	502	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	498	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	537	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	416	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	423.48	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	413	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	412	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	508	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	515	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	520.5	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	509	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	511	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	528	539	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	547	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	502.88	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	506	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	496	499

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.