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Parker Unified School District

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Parker Unified School District is located in west Arizona. Parker Unified School District has 699.50 square miles of land area and 5.24 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Parker Unified School District population is 10,263. Parker Unified School District median household income is $34,630 in 2010-2014. Parker Unified School District median house value is $92,900 in 2010-2014. On average, Parker Unified School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (83 out of 101, bottom 18%) Elementary/Middle School: (124 out of 167, bottom 26%)* Rank: #182
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	6
Population	10,263 (2010-2014), rank #100
Population Growth	-15.48% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	14.56/sq mi, rank #118
Median Household Income:	$34,630 at 2010-2014—7.07% increase since 2005-2009, rank #158
Median House Price:	$92,900 at 2010-2014—-20.94% increase since 2005-2009, rank #155
Time Zone:	Mountain GMT -7:00
Land Area:	699.50 sq mi, rank #51
Water Area:	5.24 sq mi (0.74%), rank #20
State:	Arizona
County:	La Paz County
City:	Parker, Poston, Bouse, Parker Strip, Cienega Springs, Bluewater
Zip:	85344, 85371, 85325

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Parker Unified School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

1608 Laguna Ave

Parker AZ, 85344, La Paz County

Phone: 928-669-9244

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	1,924	1,883	1,856	1,829	1,803	1,879	1,923
English Language Learner Students:	112	89	100	99	109	127	128
Total Teachers:	106.00	107.00	108.50	91.50	97.50	106.50	111.50
Prekindergarten:	1.00	0.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Kindergarten:	9.00	7.00	8.00	5.00	5.00	6.00	8.00
Elementary:	67.67	68.67	69.17	58.17	63.17	70.20	67.20
Secondary:	28.33	31.33	30.33	27.33	28.33	29.30	35.30
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Total Other Staff:	164.53	158.63	238.70	149.70	142.65	144.70	150.20
Instructional Aides:	46.00	37.00	73.80	48.80	45.75	50.80	55.50
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	3.00	3.50	1.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	3.00	4.00	3.00	2.00	2.00	4.00	4.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	1.00	2.00	1.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	2.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Other Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00	0.00	9.10	7.00	9.00	4.00	5.80
District Administrators:	4.00	4.00	2.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	6.75	6.75	4.00	4.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
School Administrators:	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00	6.00
School Administrative Support:	8.50	8.00	6.50	4.50	4.50	4.00	4.00
Student Support Services:	43.20	46.30	44.30	23.80	23.05	26.10	25.10
Other Support Services:	42.08	41.08	88.00	49.60	45.35	42.80	42.80
Student-Teacher Ratio:	18.15	17.60	17.11	19.99	18.49	17.64	17.25

Schools

Blake Primary School	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	701 South Navajo Ave, Parker AZ 85344
Le Pera Elementary School	Kindergarten to Grade 8	19121 Tahbo Rd, Poston AZ 85371
Parker Alternative School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1001 Kofa Ave, Parker AZ 85344
Parker High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	1600 Kofa Ave, Parker AZ 85344
Wallace Elementary School	Grade 3 to Grade 5	1201 16th St, Parker AZ 85344
Wallace Jr High School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	1320 18th St, Parker AZ 85344

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
AIMS Test
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	692	707
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	481	499
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478.42	501.09
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	496
2013	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	496
2009	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	687	707
2010	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	692	710
2011	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	692.2	711.72
2012	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	670	707
2013	Reading	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	676	707
2009	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	476
2010	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	450	479
2011	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	474.54	485.06
2012	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	445	480
2013	Science	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	478
2009	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	692	696
2010	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	683	702
2011	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	476.44	499.58
2012	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	478	501
2013	Writing	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	480	504
2009	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	449	451
2010	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	365
2011	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	344.91	370.95
2012	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	341	369
2013	Math	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	352	369
2009	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460	459
2010	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	447	460
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	439.74	461.52
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	424	458
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	Mean Scaled Score	443	459
2009	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	482	487
2010	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	379
2011	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368.8	385.58
2012	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	357	383
2013	Math	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	359	381
2009	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	467	477
2010	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	480
2011	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	460.99	484.14
2012	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	477
2013	Reading	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	446	478
2009	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	500	508
2010	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497	513
2011	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494.18	519.5
2012	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	513
2013	Science	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	466	507
2012	Writing	4th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	433	462
2009	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	502	508
2010	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	392
2011	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	379.97	397.21
2012	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	368	394
2013	Math	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	372	393
2009	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	496
2010	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	487	496
2011	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	485.61	502.04
2012	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	473	498
2013	Reading	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	471	499
2009	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	523
2010	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	529
2011	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483.52	499.13
2012	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	501
2013	Writing	5th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	477	501
2009	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	525
2010	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	407
2011	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	400.79	412.64
2012	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	382	410
2013	Math	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	394	410
2009	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	501
2010	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	494	508
2011	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511.96	515.19
2012	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	486	510
2013	Reading	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	510
2009	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	507	537
2010	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	543
2011	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493.35	499.17
2012	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	490	501
2013	Writing	6th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	483	499
2009	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	527	553
2010	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	422
2011	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	409.81	425.78
2012	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	406	426
2013	Math	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	402	427
2009	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	517
2010	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	524
2011	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	522.06	531.49
2012	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	516	530
2013	Reading	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	511	532
2009	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	532	541
2010	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	518	543
2011	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	493.18	499.23
2012	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	484	500
2013	Writing	7th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	488	496
2009	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	541	560
2010	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	434
2011	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	422.19	434.79
2012	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	414	434
2013	Math	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	428	434
2009	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	517	527
2010	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	509	529
2011	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	513.57	527.07
2012	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	521
2013	Reading	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	503	520
2009	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	506
2010	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	489	510
2011	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	497.67	515.66
2012	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	491	513
2013	Science	8th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	492	511

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$10,873,000	$5,858		$9,535,000	$5,213		$17,849,000	$9,900
Federal:	$2,082,000	$1,122	19.1%	$2,478,000	$1,355	26.0%	$9,225,000	$5,116	51.7%
State:	$5,889,000	$3,173	54.2%	$4,659,000	$2,547	48.9%	$6,203,000	$3,440	34.8%
Local:	$2,902,000	$1,564	26.7%	$2,398,000	$1,311	25.1%	$2,421,000	$1,343	13.6%
Total Expenditures:	$15,176,000	$8,177		$15,258,000	$8,342		$17,500,000	$9,706
Total Current Expenditures:	$14,691,000	$7,915		$14,561,000	$7,961		$16,640,000	$9,229
Instructional Expenditures:	$7,633,000	$4,113	52.0%	$7,454,000	$4,075	51.2%	$8,993,000	$4,988	54.0%
Student and Staff Support:	$2,789,000	$1,503	19.0%	$2,670,000	$1,460	18.3%	$2,425,000	$1,345	14.6%
Administration:	$1,529,000	$824	10.4%	$1,534,000	$839	10.5%	$1,619,000	$898	9.7%
Operations, Food, Other:	$2,740,000	$1,476	18.7%	$2,903,000	$1,587	19.9%	$3,603,000	$1,998	21.7%
Total Capital Outlay:	$465,000	$251		$697,000	$381		$860,000	$477
Construction:	$23,000	$12		$95,000	$52		$308,000	$171
Total Other:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0
Interest on Debt:	$20,000	$11		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$9,104,000	$4,905		$8,738,000	$4,777		$9,683,000	$5,370
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$5,528,000	$2,978	60.7%	$5,191,000	$2,838	59.4%	$5,989,000	$3,322	61.9%
Other Salary:	$3,576,000	$1,927	39.3%	$3,547,000	$1,939	40.6%	$3,694,000	$2,049	38.1%
Total Benefit:	$2,322,000	$1,251		$2,293,000	$1,254		$3,137,000	$1,740
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$1,410,000	$760	60.7%	$1,351,000	$739	58.9%	$1,912,000	$1,060	60.9%
Other Benefit:	$912,000	$491	39.3%	$942,000	$515	41.1%	$1,225,000	$679	39.1%

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	77.2%	74.0%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	21.9%	26.0%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	10.0 years	11.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	39.5%	32.5%
Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	21.1%	25.2%
Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	26.3%	29.3%
Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	8.8%	8.1%
Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	4.4%	4.9%

Mean Base Salary:	$39,194.0	$35,323.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,203.0	$29,743.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6-10 Years of Experience:	$38,564.0	$33,791.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 11-20 Years of Experience:	$42,895.0	$38,183.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 21-30 Years of Experience:	$48,399.0	$43,997.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 31 Years of Experience or More:	$46,523.0	$48,820.0

* Parker Unified School District was rated 2 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.