Palo Verde Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

10700 South Palo Verde Rd

Palo Verde AZ, 85343, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-327-3690

Ranking:

(569 out of 1,363, top 42%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 8

School District: Palo Verde Elementary 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:	21		24		26		27		24		27		22
Total Students:	447		430		445		490		499		452		449
Kindergarten:	62	13.9%	52	12.1%	53	11.9%	50	10.2%	46	9.2%	62	13.7%	47	10.5%
Grade 1:	51	11.4%	49	11.4%	46	10.3%	47	9.6%	58	11.6%	36	8.0%	46	10.2%
Grade 2:	59	13.2%	45	10.5%	45	10.1%	50	10.2%	46	9.2%	42	9.3%	55	12.2%
Grade 3:	45	10.1%	47	10.9%	44	9.9%	49	10.0%	46	9.2%	50	11.1%	51	11.4%
Grade 4:	54	12.1%	40	9.3%	47	10.6%	50	10.2%	53	10.6%	64	14.2%	54	12.0%
Grade 5:	42	9.4%	47	10.9%	40	9.0%	60	12.2%	60	12.0%	46	10.2%	55	12.2%
Grade 6:	43	9.6%	35	8.1%	52	11.7%	67	13.7%	52	10.4%	63	13.9%	59	13.1%
Grade 7:	44	9.8%	50	11.6%	63	14.2%	49	10.0%	71	14.2%	56	12.4%	38	8.5%
Grade 8:	47	10.5%	59	13.7%	46	10.3%	66	13.5%	67	13.4%	33	7.3%	44	9.8%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	262	58.6%	244	56.7%	242	54.4%	269	54.9%	261	52.3%	227	50.2%	235	52.3%
Female:	185	41.4%	186	43.3%	203	45.6%	221	45.1%	230	46.1%	217	48.0%	210	46.8%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.9%	6	1.4%	6	1.3%	8	1.6%	8	1.6%	9	2.0%	9	2.0%
Asian:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4	0.8%	4	0.9%	2	0.4%
Hispanic:	285	63.8%	244	56.7%	243	54.6%	251	51.2%	232	46.5%	237	52.4%	245	54.6%
Black:	7	1.6%	17	4.0%	17	3.8%	10	2.0%	17	3.4%	10	2.2%	10	2.2%
White:	149	33.3%	162	37.7%	179	40.2%	219	44.7%	238	47.7%	192	42.5%	183	40.8%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	215	48.1%	268	62.3%	261	58.7%	283	57.8%	260	52.1%	227	50.2%	222	49.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	37	8.3%	50	11.6%	48	10.8%	54	11.0%	67	13.4%	50	11.1%	55	12.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	21.29		17.92		17.34		18.37		20.79		16.70		20.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	455	455	N/A
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	382	N/A
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	375.38	N/A
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	373	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	348	348	N/A
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	464	N/A
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	464	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	460.3	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	469	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	451	451	N/A
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	474	N/A
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	370	370	N/A
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	390	390.37	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	382	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	375	375	N/A
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	468	468	N/A
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	471	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	483.33	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	471	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	478	N/A
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	504	N/A
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	N/A
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	531.87	N/A
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	517	N/A
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514	N/A
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	496	N/A
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409	409	N/A
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	405	405.19	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	426	426	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	411	411	N/A
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	N/A
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	497	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	493.65	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	505	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	504	N/A
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	520	N/A
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	549	549	N/A
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	497.59	N/A
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	N/A
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	N/A
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	N/A
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	391	N/A
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	436	436.46	N/A
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	414	N/A
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	N/A
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	N/A
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	501	N/A
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	518.74	N/A
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	510	N/A
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	518	N/A
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	533	N/A
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	N/A
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	507.2	N/A
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	489	N/A
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	N/A
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	547	547	N/A
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	417	N/A
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	416.66	N/A
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	N/A
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	420	420	N/A
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	515	515	N/A
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	N/A
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	525.85	N/A
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	530	530	N/A
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	N/A
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	546	546	N/A
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	533	533	N/A
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	493.96	N/A
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	509	N/A
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	498	N/A
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	556	556	N/A
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	N/A
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	447.46	N/A
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422	422	N/A
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	454	454	N/A
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	519	519	N/A
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	524	N/A
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	522.94	N/A
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	511	N/A
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	523	N/A
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	510	510	N/A
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	501	501	N/A
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514.43	N/A
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	502	N/A
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	70.0%	63.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	30.0%	36.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	55.0%	47.4%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	45.0%	52.6%

Mean Base Salary:	$40,035.0	$39,701.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$35,812.0	$33,396.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,196.0	$45,375.0

* Palo Verde 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.