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Challenger Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

901 East Calle Mayer

Nogales AZ, 85621, Santa Cruz County

Phone: 520-377-0544

Ranking:

(638 out of 1,363, top 47%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Nogales 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		28		29		28		25		28		29
Total Students:	575		547		549		519		520		498		493
Kindergarten:	101	17.6%	90	16.5%	100	18.2%	91	17.5%	94	18.1%	81	16.3%	71	14.4%
Grade 1:	94	16.3%	103	18.8%	86	15.7%	102	19.7%	86	16.5%	75	15.1%	78	15.8%
Grade 2:	99	17.2%	88	16.1%	112	20.4%	82	15.8%	79	15.2%	76	15.3%	88	17.8%
Grade 3:	88	15.3%	111	20.3%	84	15.3%	75	14.5%	77	14.8%	92	18.5%	92	18.7%
Grade 4:	113	19.7%	78	14.3%	81	14.8%	86	16.6%	92	17.7%	92	18.5%	80	16.2%
Grade 5:	80	13.9%	77	14.1%	86	15.7%	83	16.0%	92	17.7%	82	16.5%	84	17.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	294	51.1%	279	51.0%	281	51.2%	271	52.2%	283	54.4%	276	55.4%	269	54.6%
Female:	281	48.9%	268	49.0%	268	48.8%	248	47.8%	229	44.0%	214	43.0%	220	44.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	2	0.4%
Hispanic:	568	98.8%	543	99.3%	548	99.8%	518	99.8%	514	98.8%	495	99.4%	490	99.4%
Black:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%
White:	7	1.2%	4	0.7%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	3	0.6%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
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:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	411	75.1%	389	70.9%	389	75.0%	360	69.2%	348	69.9%	332	67.3%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	50	9.1%	64	11.7%	63	12.1%	66	12.7%	80	16.1%	84	17.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.49		19.89		18.93		18.67		20.97		17.90		17.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	461	447	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	367	363	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	378.8	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	375	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	330	359	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	457	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	455	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	465.13	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	460	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	448	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	491	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	382	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	395	394.77	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	394	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	386	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	495	485	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	475	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	478.44	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	479	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	432	470	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	505	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	498	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	499.2	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	502	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	457	488	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	509	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	389	390	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	396	403.04	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	399	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	376	394	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	496	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	497	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	503.28	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	499	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	500	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	524	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	531	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	501.74	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	501	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	498	501

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	56.7%	54.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	43.3%	45.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	40.0%	39.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	60.0%	60.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,193.0	$39,927.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$36,094.0	$34,675.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$42,925.0	$43,342.0

* Challenger Elementary School was rated 3.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.