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Whitman Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1829 North Grand

Mesa AZ, 85201, Maricopa County

Phone: 480-472-0200

Ranking:

(1,193 out of 1,363, bottom 12%)*

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:	43		39		42		43		43		49		47
Total Students:	683		711		665		679		735		776		740
Prekindergarten:	3	0.4%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	28	3.6%	32	4.3%
Kindergarten:	111	16.3%	96	13.5%	100	15.0%	97	14.3%	111	15.1%	115	14.8%	108	14.6%
Grade 1:	94	13.8%	113	15.9%	90	13.5%	93	13.7%	112	15.2%	123	15.9%	116	15.7%
Grade 2:	110	16.1%	90	12.7%	88	13.2%	113	16.6%	118	16.1%	118	15.2%	88	11.9%
Grade 3:	84	12.3%	103	14.5%	91	13.7%	100	14.7%	112	15.2%	98	12.6%	99	13.4%
Grade 4:	96	14.1%	97	13.6%	97	14.6%	107	15.8%	101	13.7%	99	12.8%	106	14.3%
Grade 5:	89	13.0%	103	14.5%	108	16.2%	92	13.5%	88	12.0%	95	12.2%	106	14.3%
Grade 6:	96	14.1%	108	15.2%	91	13.7%	75	11.0%	93	12.7%	100	12.9%	85	11.5%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	376	55.1%	391	55.0%	359	54.0%	363	53.5%	381	51.8%	397	51.2%	406	54.9%
Female:	307	44.9%	320	45.0%	306	46.0%	316	46.5%	346	47.1%	371	47.8%	330	44.6%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	149	21.8%	164	23.1%	157	23.6%	154	22.7%	172	23.4%	211	27.2%	165	22.3%
Asian:	6	0.9%	5	0.7%	7	1.1%	2	0.3%	6	0.8%	4	0.5%	14	1.9%
Hispanic:	369	54.0%	373	52.5%	346	52.0%	350	51.5%	372	50.6%	359	46.3%	383	51.8%
Black:	39	5.7%	58	8.2%	48	7.2%	48	7.1%	60	8.2%	49	6.3%	43	5.8%
White:	102	14.9%	98	13.8%	95	14.3%	121	17.8%	125	17.0%	153	19.7%	135	18.2%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	2.6%	13	1.8%	12	1.8%	3	0.4%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	554	81.1%	586	82.4%	544	81.8%	528	77.8%	540	73.5%	493	63.5%	502	67.8%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	45	6.6%	41	5.8%	53	8.0%	58	8.5%	75	10.2%	85	11.0%	111	15.0%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	16.00		18.11		15.99		15.96		16.99		15.80		15.70

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
AIMS
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	431	456	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	349	368	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	375.13	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	365	372	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	314	373	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	440	463	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	463	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	441	465.01	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	429	460	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	460	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	472	495	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355	383	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	362	388.63	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	360	383	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	356	383	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	481	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	456	483	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	485.49	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	476	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	480	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	507	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	512	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	518.42	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474	510	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	475	506	507
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	516	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	394	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	401.28	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	355	394	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	371	392	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	500	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	498	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	505.22	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	453	498	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	500	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	523	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	527	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	496.98	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	470	502	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	498	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	504	537	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	398	416	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	393	423.48	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	378	413	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	374	412	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	508	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	515	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	496	520.5	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	509	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	511	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	529	539	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	523	547	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	469	502.88	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	506	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	479	496	499

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	48.9%	47.5%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	51.1%	52.5%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	14.0 years	13.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	20.0%	25.0%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	80.0%	75.0%

Mean Base Salary:	$51,211.0	$50,935.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$41,789.0	$40,085.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$53,566.0	$54,552.0

* Whitman Elementary School was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.