Willow Canyon High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

17901 West Lundberg St

Surprise AZ, 85374, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-876-7000

Ranking:

(112 out of 409, top 27%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

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:	83		87		91		83		83		90		97
Total Students:	2,133		2,050		2,030		2,014		1,988		2,167		2,359
Grade 9:	570	26.7%	568	27.7%	503	24.8%	556	27.6%	530	26.7%	612	28.2%	616	26.1%
Grade 10:	556	26.1%	482	23.5%	591	29.1%	496	24.6%	470	23.6%	610	28.1%	508	21.5%
Grade 11:	487	22.8%	523	25.5%	519	25.6%	426	21.2%	565	28.4%	479	22.1%	468	19.8%
Grade 12:	520	24.4%	477	23.3%	417	20.5%	536	26.6%	423	21.3%	466	21.5%	767	32.5%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,051	49.3%	979	47.8%	937	46.2%	927	46.0%	978	49.2%	1,096	50.6%	1,168	49.5%
Female:	1,082	50.7%	1,071	52.2%	1,093	53.8%	1,087	54.0%	1,002	50.4%	1,063	49.1%	1,187	50.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	21	1.0%	21	1.0%	21	1.0%	22	1.1%	22	1.1%	20	0.9%	19	0.8%
Asian:	64	3.0%	70	3.4%	66	3.3%	75	3.7%	81	4.1%	84	3.9%	82	3.5%
Hispanic:	505	23.7%	488	23.8%	477	23.5%	484	24.0%	450	22.6%	508	23.4%	557	23.6%
Black:	167	7.8%	149	7.3%	196	9.7%	210	10.4%	210	10.6%	234	10.8%	253	10.7%
White:	1,298	60.9%	1,271	62.0%	1,229	60.5%	1,212	60.2%	1,225	61.6%	1,321	61.0%	1,448	61.4%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	8	0.4%	8	0.4%	7	0.3%	5	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	70	3.3%	43	2.1%	34	1.7%	6	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	567	26.6%	597	29.1%	569	28.0%	550	27.3%	404	20.3%	444	20.5%	1	0.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	193	9.0%	174	8.5%	178	8.8%	234	11.6%	168	8.5%	238	11.0%	0	0.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	25.82		23.70		22.31		24.17		23.95		24.20		24.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	712	706	N/A
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	498	N/A
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	497.26	N/A
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	495	N/A
2013	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	496	N/A
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	711	703	N/A
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	713	707	N/A
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	714	710.2	N/A
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	713	708	N/A
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	715	710	N/A
2009	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	474	N/A
2010	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	483	N/A
2011	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	493.82	N/A
2012	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	480	N/A
2013	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	486	N/A
2009	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	701	697	N/A
2010	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	706	703	N/A
2011	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	501.15	N/A
2012	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	503	N/A
2013	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	509	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	58.6%	62.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	41.4%	38.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	56.8%	67.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	43.2%	32.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,702.0	$41,537.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,098.0	$38,453.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$51,745.0	$48,020.0

* Willow Canyon High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.