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Florence Unified School District

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Florence Unified School District is located in south Arizona. Florence Unified School District has 929.70 square miles of land area and 0.60 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Florence Unified School District population is 75,228. Florence Unified School District median household income is $53,942 in 2010-2014. Florence Unified School District median house value is $128,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Florence Unified School District is close to the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (46 out of 101, top 46%) Elementary/Middle School: (94 out of 167, bottom 44%)* Rank: #126
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	12
Population	75,228 (2010-2014), rank #30
Population Growth	51.53% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	80.87/sq mi, rank #71
Median Household Income:	$53,942 at 2010-2014—-6.59% increase since 2005-2009, rank #38
Median House Price:	$128,900 at 2010-2014—-28.31% increase since 2005-2009, rank #94
Time Zone:	Mountain GMT -7:00
Land Area:	929.70 sq mi, rank #37
Water Area:	0.60 sq mi (0.06%), rank #66
State:	Arizona
County:	Pinal County
City:	Florence, Gold Canyon, Queen Creek, San Tan Valley, Tucson, Coolidge, Cactus Forest
Zip:	85132, 85118, 85142, 85143, 85140, 85739, 85128
Area:	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ

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Florence Unified School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1000 South Main St

Florence AZ, 85132, Pinal County

Phone: 520-866-3500

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	7,984	8,269	8,444	7,323	6,827
English Language Learner Students:	198	169	175	346	586
Total Teachers:	376.60	417.90	454.86	400.70	301.00
Prekindergarten:	2.00	4.00	6.00	5.00	0.00
Kindergarten:	16.50	20.00	30.00	55.00	0.00
Elementary:	245.01	276.08	301.09	264.50	277.00
Secondary:	113.09	117.82	117.77	76.20	24.00
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	505.56	508.03	510.22	472.10	374.40
Instructional Aides:	123.00	117.00	130.25	109.50	101.90
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	0.00	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	7.00	8.00	6.00	4.00	0.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	6.00	7.00	5.00	3.00	0.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	3.00	3.00	5.00	1.00	0.00
Library/Media Support:	3.00	4.00	12.00	1.00	2.00
District Administrators:	8.00	9.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	19.56	24.56	9.00	4.00	3.00
School Administrators:	30.00	30.00	31.60	35.00	19.00
School Administrative Support:	25.00	25.00	8.81	20.50	44.00
Student Support Services:	102.90	99.16	85.03	84.30	58.50
Other Support Services:	184.10	187.31	219.53	208.80	142.00
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.20	19.79	18.56	18.28	22.68

Schools

Anthem Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 9	2700 North Anthem Way, Florence AZ 85132
Circle Cross Ranch K8 School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	35900 North Charbray Dr, San Tan Valley AZ 85143
Copper Basin	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	28682 North Main St, San Tan Valley AZ 85143
Florence High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1001 South Main St, Florence AZ 85132
Florence K-8	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	460 South Park St, Florence AZ 85132
Florence Virtual Academy	Grade 6 to Grade 12	225 South Orlando St, Florence AZ 85132
Leadership Academy Of Excellence	Grade 6 to Grade 12	225 South Orlando St, Florence AZ 85132
Magma Ranch K8 School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	10980 East Desert Mountain Bou, Florence AZ 85132
Poston Butte High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	32375 North Gantzel Rd, San Tan Valley AZ 85143
Skyline Ranch Elementary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	1084 West San Tan Hills, San Tan Valley AZ 85143
Summit School	Kindergarten to Grade 12	225 South Orlando St, Florence AZ 85132
Walker Butte K-8	Prekindergarten to Grade 8	29697 North Desert Willow Blvd, San Tan Valley AZ 85143

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
AIMS Test
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	698	707
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	499
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495.19	501.09
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	496
2013	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	496
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	705	707
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	708	710
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	708.2	711.72
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	698	707
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	704	707
2009	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	476
2010	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	479
2011	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482.62	485.06
2012	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	480
2013	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	478
2009	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	695	696
2010	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	702	702
2011	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491.45	499.58
2012	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	501
2013	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	504
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	347	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359.51	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	369	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455.32	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	364	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375.61	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471.88	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512.62	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	508	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	387.96	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494.75	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491.01	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	399	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	401	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505.05	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491.89	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	407	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412.88	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	413	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524.76	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495.58	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	550	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425.66	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514.04	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	506	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	499	511
2012	Writing	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	480

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$63,780,000	$7,553		$62,326,000	$7,610		$66,585,000	$8,375
Federal:	$5,808,000	$688	9.1%	$6,354,000	$776	10.2%	$7,985,000	$1,004	12.0%
State:	$34,415,000	$4,076	54.0%	$32,954,000	$4,024	52.9%	$31,709,000	$3,989	47.6%
Local:	$23,557,000	$2,790	36.9%	$23,018,000	$2,811	36.9%	$26,891,000	$3,383	40.4%
Total Expenditures:	$69,753,000	$8,261		$72,041,000	$8,796		$77,655,000	$9,768
Total Current Expenditures:	$62,640,000	$7,418		$58,915,000	$7,194		$58,901,000	$7,409
Instructional Expenditures:	$34,219,000	$4,052	54.6%	$31,884,000	$3,893	54.1%	$33,567,000	$4,222	57.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$9,284,000	$1,099	14.8%	$8,193,000	$1,000	13.9%	$7,564,000	$951	12.8%
Administration:	$5,490,000	$650	8.8%	$5,455,000	$666	9.3%	$5,281,000	$664	9.0%
Operations, Food, Other:	$13,647,000	$1,616	21.8%	$13,383,000	$1,634	22.7%	$12,489,000	$1,571	21.2%
Total Capital Outlay:	$4,663,000	$552		$2,989,000	$365		$11,844,000	$1,490
Construction:	$1,800,000	$213		$393,000	$48		$9,502,000	$1,195
Total Other:	$36,000	$4		$9,000	$1		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$2,414,000	$286		$10,128,000	$1,237		$6,910,000	$869

Total Salary:	$42,076,000	$4,983		$39,783,000	$4,858		$38,986,000	$4,904
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$26,403,000	$3,127	62.8%	$24,082,000	$2,940	60.5%	$24,775,000	$3,116	63.5%
Other Salary:	$15,673,000	$1,856	37.2%	$15,701,000	$1,917	39.5%	$14,211,000	$1,788	36.5%
Total Benefit:	$10,249,000	$1,214		$10,499,000	$1,282		$9,437,000	$1,187
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$6,087,000	$721	59.4%	$6,123,000	$748	58.3%	$6,026,000	$758	63.9%
Other Benefit:	$4,162,000	$493	40.6%	$4,376,000	$534	41.7%	$3,411,000	$429	36.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	72.6%	69.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	27.4%	30.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	4.0 years	5.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	73.8%	58.4%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	18.5%	32.1%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	6.0%	8.8%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	1.2%	NA
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA	NA

Mean Base Salary:	$35,576.0	$36,313.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,465.0	$34,204.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$37,203.0	$38,489.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$40,633.0	$41,412.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$48,367.0	NA
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	NA	NA

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