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Desert Sky Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
9850 E Rankin Loop
Tucson, AZ 85747
Phone
(520) 879-2700
District
VAIL UNIFIED DISTRICT (4413)
County
PIMA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
761
Classroom Teachers
38

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

9

(10 is best)

Better than 85.3% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

Desert Sky Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

80 60 40 20 0
62%
42%
57%
43%
67%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

80 60 40 20 0
70%
40%
67%
42%
72%
38%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

80 60 40 20 0
70%
39%
62%
40%
77%
39%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
20
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 257 33.8%
Grade 7 275 36.1%
Grade 8 229 30.1%
Total 761 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 46.0% 54.4% 37.8%
Black 2.4% 4.1% 5.7%
Hispanic 48.3% 38.7% 47.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.3% 2.1% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.0% 0.7% 5.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 3.2%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 3.0%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 64,450 7,276,316
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 165.4 62
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.6% 5.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.7% 19.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.6% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 24.3% 24.0%
65 OR OLDER 13.8% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 22,001 2,683,557
Single Parent Households With Children 8.7% 8.9%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.1% 88.3%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 40.9% 31.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.8% 14.4%
$100,000 - $149,999 26.2% 16.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.5% 13.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.1% 18.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.4% 16.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.9% 11.9%
$15,000 or less 4.0% 8.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,245 $55,584,030 43.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $685 $8,969,390 7.0%
Staff $566 $7,411,204 5.8%
General Administration $70 $916,580 0.7%
School Administration $507 $6,638,658 5.2%
Operation $948 $12,413,112 9.7%
Transportation $540 $7,070,760 5.5%
Other $279 $3,653,226 2.8%
Total Support $3,596 $47,086,024 36.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,963 $25,703,522 20.0%
Total Expenditures $9,804 $128,373,576 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,711 $5,278,750,670 44.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $686 $768,249,727 6.5%
Staff $437 $489,105,787 4.1%
General Administration $164 $183,722,859 1.6%
School Administration $475 $532,277,218 4.5%
Operation $1,004 $1,125,517,389 9.5%
Transportation $359 $402,406,844 3.4%
Other $392 $439,073,962 3.7%
Total Support $3,517 $3,940,193,495 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,321 $2,600,547,606 22.0%
Total Expenditures $10,549 $11,819,543,577 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%