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High Desert 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
4000 High Desert
Globe, AZ 85501
Phone
(928) 402-5900
District
Globe Unified District (4208)
County
GILA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
407
Classroom Teachers
18

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

1

(10 is best)

Better than 10.0% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

1

(10 is best)

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

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
21%
35%
26%
38%
15%
31%
    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
23
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 134 32.9%
Grade 7 133 32.7%
Grade 8 140 34.4%
Total 407 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 31.0% 33.5% 36.4%
Black 0.5% 0.2% 5.9%
Hispanic 37.5% 38.6% 49.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.5% 0.8% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 30.5% 27.0% 5.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 54.8% 52.6% 44.8%
Free lunch eligible 45.9% 45.8% 37.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.8% 6.8% 7.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 10,117 7,359,197
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 38.8 64
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 14.2% 19.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.1% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.4% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 23.8% 18.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 4,193 2,739,136
Single Parent Households With Children 3.4% 8.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.7% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 15.8% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 10.4% 17.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.5% 17.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 16.9% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 21.6% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.0% 15.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.8% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 12.8% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,683 $7,989,000 49.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $389 $664,000 4.1%
Staff $251 $429,000 2.6%
General Administration $185 $316,000 1.9%
School Administration $484 $826,000 5.1%
Operation $1,302 $2,221,000 13.6%
Transportation $555 $947,000 5.8%
Other $447 $763,000 4.7%
Total Support $3,614 $6,166,000 37.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,268 $2,163,000 13.3%
Total Expenditures $9,565 $16,318,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,028 $5,737,989,000 45.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $769 $877,539,000 6.9%
Staff $469 $535,813,000 4.2%
General Administration $189 $215,431,000 1.7%
School Administration $504 $575,332,000 4.5%
Operation $1,055 $1,204,512,000 9.5%
Transportation $289 $329,985,000 2.6%
Other $428 $488,733,000 3.8%
Total Support $3,704 $4,227,345,000 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,420 $2,761,833,000 21.7%
Total Expenditures $11,151 $12,727,167,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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