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Lowell Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

920 East Broadway

Mesa AZ, 85204, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-472-0200

Ranking:

(1,246 out of 1,363, bottom 9%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 6

School District: Mesa 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:	37		36		33		39		40		46		47
Total Students:	669		614		663		643		732		804		921
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	36	4.5%	35	3.8%
Kindergarten:	109	16.3%	96	15.6%	108	16.3%	98	15.2%	119	16.3%	133	16.5%	169	18.3%
Grade 1:	97	14.5%	102	16.6%	104	15.7%	95	14.8%	115	15.7%	123	15.3%	135	14.7%
Grade 2:	100	14.9%	100	16.3%	101	15.2%	87	13.5%	128	17.5%	107	13.3%	122	13.2%
Grade 3:	106	15.8%	82	13.4%	88	13.3%	105	16.3%	96	13.1%	106	13.2%	130	14.1%
Grade 4:	82	12.3%	79	12.9%	98	14.8%	75	11.7%	99	13.5%	113	14.1%	101	11.0%
Grade 5:	83	12.4%	88	14.3%	83	12.5%	81	12.6%	109	14.9%	79	9.8%	117	12.7%
Grade 6:	92	13.8%	67	10.9%	81	12.2%	102	15.9%	66	9.0%	107	13.3%	112	12.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	348	52.0%	310	50.5%	345	52.0%	344	53.5%	393	53.7%	415	51.6%	486	52.8%
Female:	321	48.0%	304	49.5%	318	48.0%	299	46.5%	331	45.2%	381	47.4%	431	46.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	10	1.5%	10	1.6%	17	2.6%	14	2.2%	12	1.6%	13	1.6%	5	0.5%
Asian:	7	1.0%	8	1.3%	4	0.6%	1	0.2%	3	0.4%	4	0.5%	4	0.4%
Hispanic:	612	91.5%	569	92.7%	610	92.0%	603	93.8%	689	94.1%	760	94.5%	863	93.7%
Black:	7	1.0%	6	1.0%	11	1.7%	7	1.1%	13	1.8%	6	0.7%	12	1.3%
White:	30	4.5%	21	3.4%	21	3.2%	18	2.8%	15	2.0%	21	2.6%	37	4.0%
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:	3	0.4%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	620	92.7%	573	93.3%	622	93.8%	587	91.3%	674	92.1%	667	83.0%	797	86.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	14	2.1%	17	2.8%	18	2.7%	31	4.8%	19	2.6%	67	8.3%	74	8.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.94		17.03		19.94		16.59		18.42		17.40		19.80

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	456	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	343	368	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	339	375.13	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	335	372	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	342	373	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	463	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	435	463	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	465.01	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	425	460	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	427	460	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	495	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	383	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	380	388.63	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	383	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	383	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	458	481	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	483	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	458	485.49	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	476	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	448	480	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	507	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	512	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	518.42	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	510	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	506	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	516	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	394	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	401.28	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	394	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	392	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	500	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	498	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	505.22	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	465	498	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	500	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	523	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	527	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	496.98	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	502	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	498	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	537	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	397	416	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400	423.48	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	386	413	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	384	412	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	508	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	515	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	520.5	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	509	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	511	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	539	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	547	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476	502.88	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	506	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	496	499

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	54.3%	56.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	45.7%	43.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	11.0 years	10.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	34.8%	34.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	65.2%	65.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$48,519.0	$47,229.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,444.0	$38,386.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,893.0	$51,803.0

* Lowell Elementary School was rated 1 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.