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Sunset School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

6602 West Osborn Rd

Phoenix AZ, 85033, Maricopa County

Phone: 623-691-4000

Ranking:

(778 out of 1,363, bottom 43%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Kindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Cartwright 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:	43		41		48		43		45		54		53
Total Students:	696		638		601		657		753		820		869
Kindergarten:	130	18.7%	121	19.0%	98	16.3%	113	17.2%	117	15.5%	124	15.1%	149	17.1%
Grade 1:	125	18.0%	104	16.3%	110	18.3%	106	16.1%	103	13.7%	150	18.3%	139	16.0%
Grade 2:	107	15.4%	105	16.5%	101	16.8%	106	16.1%	135	17.9%	130	15.9%	153	17.6%
Grade 3:	121	17.4%	93	14.6%	93	15.5%	117	17.8%	123	16.3%	135	16.5%	147	16.9%
Grade 4:	99	14.2%	108	16.9%	108	18.0%	103	15.7%	140	18.6%	151	18.4%	140	16.1%
Grade 5:	114	16.4%	107	16.8%	91	15.1%	112	17.0%	135	17.9%	130	15.9%	141	16.2%
Ungraded:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Student By Gender:
Male:	358	51.4%	345	54.1%	325	54.1%	353	53.7%	399	53.0%	411	50.1%	439	50.5%
Female:	338	48.6%	293	45.9%	276	45.9%	304	46.3%	346	45.9%	401	48.9%	426	49.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.6%	8	1.3%	8	1.3%	5	0.8%	10	1.3%	13	1.6%	9	1.0%
Asian:	2	0.3%	1	0.2%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	1	0.1%	4	0.5%	4	0.5%
Hispanic:	608	87.4%	560	87.8%	527	87.7%	576	87.7%	685	91.0%	753	91.8%	779	89.6%
Black:	37	5.3%	21	3.3%	29	4.8%	36	5.5%	20	2.7%	29	3.5%	38	4.4%
White:	42	6.0%	39	6.1%	33	5.5%	37	5.6%	37	4.9%	21	2.6%	39	4.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	3	0.4%	9	1.4%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	0	0.0%	635	99.5%	514	85.5%	542	82.5%	565	75.0%	604	73.7%	650	74.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	693	99.6%	0	0.0%	31	5.2%	25	3.8%	30	4.0%	55	6.7%	82	9.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.02		15.60		12.65		15.46		16.73		15.20		16.30

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	439	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	351	352	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	361.09	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	385	361	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	355	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	437	439	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	438	443	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	447.68	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	443	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	440	459
2012	Science	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439	452	378
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	463	469	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	381	367	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379	371.16	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	391	372	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	377	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	455	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	459	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	464.08	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	464	460	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	463	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	479	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	484	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	483.34	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	479	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485	479	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	493	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	373	384	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	389.6	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	387	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	410	386	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	477	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	482	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	487.64	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	481	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	483	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	505	498	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	505	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	479.97	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493	481	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	484	501

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.1%	58.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.9%	41.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	8.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	51.9%	56.1%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	48.1%	43.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$46,176.0	$46,081.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$38,475.0	$37,347.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$54,494.0	$57,241.0

* Sunset School was rated 3 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.