Desert Sage Elementary School
9325 West Mossywood St Boise ID, 83709, Ada County Phone: 208-350-4020 Ranking:  (363 out of 489, bottom 26%)*Type: Regular Primary School Status: Currently Operational Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5 School District: Meridian Joint School District 2 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: | 38 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 43 | 35 | 33 | |||||||
| Total Students: | 741 | 684 | 687 | 682 | 664 | 671 | 630 | |||||||
| Prekindergarten: | 38 | 5.1% | 22 | 3.2% | 28 | 4.1% | 30 | 4.4% | 19 | 2.9% | 18 | 2.7% | 12 | 1.9% |
| Kindergarten: | 127 | 17.1% | 107 | 15.6% | 114 | 16.6% | 114 | 16.7% | 110 | 16.6% | 121 | 18.0% | 118 | 18.7% |
| Grade 1: | 119 | 16.1% | 105 | 15.4% | 110 | 16.0% | 106 | 15.5% | 106 | 16.0% | 123 | 18.3% | 114 | 18.1% |
| Grade 2: | 105 | 14.2% | 121 | 17.7% | 126 | 18.3% | 111 | 16.3% | 111 | 16.7% | 96 | 14.3% | 114 | 18.1% |
| Grade 3: | 134 | 18.1% | 112 | 16.4% | 107 | 15.6% | 112 | 16.4% | 98 | 14.8% | 119 | 17.7% | 109 | 17.3% |
| Grade 4: | 108 | 14.6% | 111 | 16.2% | 111 | 16.2% | 94 | 13.8% | 116 | 17.5% | 105 | 15.6% | 84 | 13.3% |
| Grade 5: | 110 | 14.8% | 106 | 15.5% | 91 | 13.2% | 115 | 16.9% | 104 | 15.7% | 89 | 13.3% | 79 | 12.5% |
| Ungraded: | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Student By Gender: | ||||||||||||||
| Male: | 386 | 52.1% | 373 | 54.5% | 369 | 53.7% | 345 | 50.6% | 350 | 52.7% | 338 | 50.4% | 332 | 52.7% |
| Female: | 355 | 47.9% | 311 | 45.5% | 318 | 46.3% | 337 | 49.4% | 306 | 46.1% | 325 | 48.4% | 294 | 46.7% |
| Student By Races: | ||||||||||||||
| American Indian/Alaska Native: | 9 | 1.2% | 11 | 1.6% | 10 | 1.5% | 5 | 0.7% | 3 | 0.5% | 5 | 0.7% | 4 | 0.6% |
| Asian: | 21 | 2.8% | 20 | 2.9% | 16 | 2.3% | 14 | 2.1% | 31 | 4.7% | 36 | 5.4% | 26 | 4.1% |
| Hispanic: | 130 | 17.5% | 113 | 16.5% | 116 | 16.9% | 95 | 13.9% | 87 | 13.1% | 83 | 12.4% | 71 | 11.3% |
| Black: | 22 | 3.0% | 18 | 2.6% | 17 | 2.5% | 13 | 1.9% | 15 | 2.3% | 16 | 2.4% | 16 | 2.5% |
| White: | 511 | 69.0% | 475 | 69.4% | 477 | 69.4% | 512 | 75.1% | 528 | 79.5% | 531 | 79.1% | 513 | 81.4% |
| Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander: | 11 | 1.5% | 5 | 0.7% | 8 | 1.2% | 10 | 1.5% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Two or More Races: | 37 | 5.0% | 42 | 6.1% | 43 | 6.3% | 33 | 4.8% | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| Lunch Program: | ||||||||||||||
| Free Lunch Program Eligible: | 385 | 52.0% | 379 | 55.4% | 351 | 51.1% | 280 | 41.1% | 235 | 35.4% | 218 | 32.5% | 193 | 30.6% |
| Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible: | 57 | 7.7% | 49 | 7.2% | 58 | 8.4% | 56 | 8.2% | 66 | 9.9% | 83 | 12.4% | 85 | 13.5% |
| Student-Teacher Ratio: | 19.61 | 18.87 | 18.82 | 18.68 | 15.53 | 19.10 | 18.90 | |||||||
Test Performance
| Year | Test | Grade | Measurement | Score | School District | State Average |
| ISAT | ||||||
| 2008 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 66.4% | 76.9% | 70% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 73.9% | 79.1% | 73.3% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 75.8% | 77.4% | 73.1% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 75.3% | 73.7% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 69.9% | 77.7% | 74.6% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 3rd Grade | % met std | 64.4% | 74.8% | 72.9% |
| 2008 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 90.5% | 87.5% |
| 2009 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.9% | 89.4% | 86.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 88.2% | 89.5% | 87.7% |
| 2011 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 86.6% | 89.8% | 88.6% |
| 2012 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 80.5% | 88% | 88.4% |
| 2013 | Math | 3rd Grade | % met std | 77.9% | 89.3% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 81.4% | 86.9% | 82.7% |
| 2009 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 83.2% | 89.3% | 86.8% |
| 2010 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 90.4% | 90.3% | 88.9% |
| 2011 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.9% | 90.3% | 89.2% |
| 2012 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 88.6% | 88.4% |
| 2013 | Reading | 3rd Grade | % met std | 85.6% | 90.6% | 89.4% |
| 2008 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 82.3% | 77.6% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 76% | 85.4% | 80.4% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 84.3% | 83.9% | 81.9% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 83.3% | 81.1% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 75% | 86.2% | 84.8% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.2% | 83.9% | 83.2% |
| 2008 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 85.7% | 84.2% |
| 2009 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 80.8% | 88.7% | 85.6% |
| 2010 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 85.1% | 84.9% |
| 2011 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 82.8% | 83.4% |
| 2012 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 79.6% | 86.4% | 86.8% |
| 2013 | Math | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 85.9% | 86.1% |
| 2008 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 82.8% | 85.8% | 82.5% |
| 2009 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 81.8% | 90.6% | 86.3% |
| 2010 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 85% | 87.7% | 86.2% |
| 2011 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 87.1% | 87.2% | 86.7% |
| 2012 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 75.3% | 90% | 88.9% |
| 2013 | Reading | 4th Grade | % met std | 83.5% | 91.3% | 89.7% |
| 2008 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.8% | 80% | 74.2% |
| 2009 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 80.6% | 81.8% | 77.2% |
| 2010 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 71.3% | 82.4% | 77.2% |
| 2011 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.8% | 82.3% | 78.7% |
| 2012 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 73.1% | 81.6% | 79.4% |
| 2013 | Language Usage | 5th Grade | % met std | 66.7% | 82.4% | 80.1% |
| 2008 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 83.4% | 81.3% | 78% |
| 2009 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.5% | 79.1% | 77.9% |
| 2010 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 71% | 81.7% | 79.8% |
| 2011 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 72.9% | 80.8% | 80.9% |
| 2012 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 78.5% | 78.5% | 78.6% |
| 2013 | Math | 5th Grade | % met std | 65% | 80.1% | 79.2% |
| 2008 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 90.3% | 88.4% | 84.3% |
| 2009 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 89.8% | 89% | 86.5% |
| 2010 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 82.3% | 90.7% | 88% |
| 2011 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 87.3% | 89.9% | 88.1% |
| 2012 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 86% | 89% | 87.8% |
| 2013 | Reading | 5th Grade | % met std | 79.8% | 90.5% | 88.5% |
| 2008 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.2% | 69.3% | 60.1% |
| 2009 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 76.1% | 75.1% | 66.4% |
| 2010 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 61.3% | 72.8% | 64.9% |
| 2011 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 63.6% | 72.1% | 67.4% |
| 2012 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 62.4% | 75% | 69.3% |
| 2013 | Science | 5th Grade | % met std | 53.5% | 77.7% | 72.2% |
Some data by SchoolDigger.com.
Teacher's Experience and Compensation
| 2007 | |
| Teachers with Bachelor Degree: | NA |
| Teachers with Master or PhD Degree: | NA |
| Mean Number of Years of Teaching: | 3.0 years |
| Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | 75.0% |
| Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | NA |
| Mean Base Salary: | $31,702.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less: | $29,548.0 |
| Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More: | NA |
* Desert Sage Elementary School was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.