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Rim Country Middle School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

304 South Meadow

Payson AZ, 85541, Gila County

Phone: 928-474-2070

Ranking:

(622 out of 1,363, top 46%)*

Type: Regular Middle School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 6 to Grade 8

School District: Payson 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		30		31		33		33		36		40
Total Students:	539		537		574		571		577		601		627
Grade 6:	183	34.0%	172	32.0%	178	31.0%	196	34.3%	206	35.7%	183	30.4%	181	28.9%
Grade 7:	176	32.7%	175	32.6%	198	34.5%	206	36.1%	176	30.5%	195	32.4%	242	38.6%
Grade 8:	180	33.4%	190	35.4%	198	34.5%	169	29.6%	195	33.8%	223	37.1%	204	32.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	272	50.5%	266	49.5%	280	48.8%	288	50.4%	290	50.3%	298	49.6%	318	50.7%
Female:	267	49.5%	271	50.5%	294	51.2%	283	49.6%	279	48.4%	295	49.1%	305	48.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	16	3.0%	14	2.6%	15	2.6%	14	2.5%	19	3.3%	23	3.8%	20	3.2%
Asian:	6	1.1%	6	1.1%	5	0.9%	6	1.1%	7	1.2%	6	1.0%	4	0.6%
Hispanic:	99	18.4%	97	18.1%	112	19.5%	112	19.6%	83	14.4%	78	13.0%	73	11.6%
Black:	2	0.4%	2	0.4%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	4	0.7%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
White:	389	72.2%	395	73.6%	422	73.5%	424	74.3%	464	80.4%	492	81.9%	528	84.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	27	5.0%	23	4.3%	18	3.1%	14	2.5%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	346	64.2%	356	66.3%	391	68.1%	285	49.9%	252	43.7%	242	40.3%	261	41.6%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	56	10.4%	18	3.4%	33	5.7%	63	11.0%	83	14.4%	69	11.5%	90	14.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.27		17.79		18.52		17.30		17.35		16.90		15.90

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	535	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	412	412	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	404	404.18	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	393	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	414	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	520	520	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	514	514.42	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	502	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	536	536	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	541	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	500.18	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	487	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	493	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	544	544	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	421	421	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	417	417.31	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	416	416	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	418	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	527	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531.14	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	524	524	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	531	531	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	542	542	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	498	497.55	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	491	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	493	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	558	558	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	423	423	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	430	429.72	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	418	418	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	438	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	532	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522	522	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	526	526.29	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	512	512	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	525	525	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513	513	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	535	534.88	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	516	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	518	511

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	67.6%	75.8%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	32.4%	24.2%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	7.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	56.8%	48.5%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	43.2%	51.5%

Mean Base Salary:	$41,188.0	$37,981.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$37,544.0	$32,870.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$45,971.0	$42,791.0

* Rim Country Middle 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.