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Fountain Hills Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

15414 North Mcdowell Mountain

Fountain Hills AZ, 85268, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-664-5000

Ranking:

(336 out of 1,363, top 25%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Fountain Hills Unified District

Title I Eligible School: No

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:	22		22		23		26		30		31		34
Total Students:	411		458		470		475		511		544		549
Grade 6:	131	31.9%	140	30.6%	148	31.5%	147	30.9%	156	30.5%	185	34.0%	168	30.6%
Grade 7:	131	31.9%	151	33.0%	157	33.4%	149	31.4%	187	36.6%	172	31.6%	183	33.3%
Grade 8:	149	36.3%	167	36.5%	165	35.1%	179	37.7%	168	32.9%	187	34.4%	198	36.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	235	57.2%	253	55.2%	251	53.4%	247	52.0%	267	52.3%	279	51.3%	273	49.7%
Female:	176	42.8%	205	44.8%	219	46.6%	228	48.0%	236	46.2%	257	47.2%	272	49.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	49	11.9%	54	11.8%	51	10.9%	43	9.1%	50	9.8%	57	10.5%	47	8.6%
Asian:	9	2.2%	12	2.6%	16	3.4%	13	2.7%	19	3.7%	16	2.9%	16	2.9%
Hispanic:	28	6.8%	25	5.5%	22	4.7%	21	4.4%	24	4.7%	30	5.5%	30	5.5%
Black:	9	2.2%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	5	1.1%	6	1.2%	7	1.3%	8	1.5%
White:	310	75.4%	356	77.7%	370	78.7%	378	79.6%	412	80.6%	434	79.8%	448	81.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	3	0.6%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	6	1.5%	9	2.0%	9	1.9%	12	2.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	66	16.1%	0	0.0%	79	16.8%	NA	NA	NA	NA	55	10.1%	NA	NA
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	28	6.8%	0	0.0%	25	5.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	19	3.5%	NA	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.68		20.63		20.09		18.27		16.98		17.30		16.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	537	537	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	417	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	405.04	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	415	415	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	411	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	518	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	518.74	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	517	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	536	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	554	554	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516.36	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	513	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	574	574	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	434	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	440.92	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	439	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	439	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	535	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	532	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	548	547.76	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	545	545	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	549	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	554	554	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	572	572	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531.16	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	570	570	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	441	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	434	434.13	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	449	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	538	538	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	542	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	536.17	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	543	543	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	520	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	521	521	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	519.78	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	517	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.5%	40.6%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.5%	59.4%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	9.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	21.2%	18.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	78.8%	81.3%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,781.0	$38,492.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,438.0	$34,179.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$40,950.0	$39,487.0

* Fountain Hills Middle School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.