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Poston Junior High School

Public | Grades: 7-9 | 1361 students

SchoolDigger 2012 Rating:

4 stars

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Public | Grades: 7-9 | 1361 students
District: Mesa Unified District

2433 East Adobe
Mesa, AZ 85213-6899

(480) 472-0200

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Poston Junior High School:

4 stars

SchoolDigger Ranks Poston Junior High School 177th of 753 Arizona public middle schools. (See school ranking list.)

Mesa Unified District:

3 stars

SchoolDigger ranks Mesa Unified District 189th of 496 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Poston Junior High School

Year	Avg Math Score	Avg Reading Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	AZ State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2009	594.5	544.0	57^th	636	91.0%
2010	450.0	547.5	89^th	651	86.3%
2011	452.5	550.0	82^nd	654	87.5%
2012	443.0	540.0	177^th	753	76.5%

Source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education Accountability Division, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Public | Grades: 7-9 | 1361 students
District: Mesa Unified District

2433 East Adobe
Mesa, AZ 85213-6899

(480) 472-0200

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Poston Junior High School

AIMS			Students tested			Mean Scaled Score
Test	Year	Grade	School	District	State	School	District	State
Math	2009	7th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	586	566	553
Math	2010	7th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	440	431	422
Math	2011	7th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	450	433.61	425.78
Math	2012	7th Grade	n/a	n/a	n/a	433	426	426

Source: Arizona Department of Education Accountability Division

About Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS):

Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS), a Standards-Based test, provides educators and the public with valuable information regarding the progress of Arizona's students toward mastering Arizona's reading, writing and mathematics Standards.

Source: Arizona Department of Education.

Total Students (2010 - 2011): 1361

African American: 60 (4.4%)
American Indian: 28 (2.1%)
Asian: 30 (2.2%)
Hispanic: 300 (22%)

Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
Two or more races: 0 (0%)

White: 943 (69.3%)

Not Specified:0 (0%)

Fulltime teachers: 68.6
Student/Teacher Ratio: 19.8

Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 40%

Enrollment information for Poston Junior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	1432	11	18	73	50	0	0	0	1347
1989	1305	8	15	60	39	0	0	10	1437
1990	1360	9	10	75	44	0	0	18	1516
1991	1442	8	12	72	42	0	0	7	1583
1992	1515	11	12	74	43	0	0	0	1655
1993	1582	13	14	74	46	0	0	0	1729
1994	1621	23	15	79	50	0	0	0	1788
1995	1238	21	8	64	26	0	0	0	1357
1996	1238	21	8	64	26	0	0	0	1357
1997	1266	15	11	88	44	0	0	0	1424
1998	1238	24	22	97	28	0	0	0	1409
1999	1225	31	25	125	27	0	0	0	1433
2000	1210	28	19	133	23	0	0	0	1413
2001	1233	33	18	134	37	0	0	0	1455
2002	1191	36	14	170	32	0	0	0	1443
2003	1191	36	14	170	32	0	0	0	1443
2004	1128	41	24	189	33	0	0	0	1415
2005	1124	37	28	214	33	0	0	0	1436
2006	1099	39	25	223	33	0	0	0	1419
2007	1077	32	26	249	38	0	0	0	1422
2008	1069	49	22	274	30	0	0	0	1444
2009	1060	56	24	295	34	0	0	0	1469
2010	1026	58	30	285	27	0	0	0	1426
2011	943	60	30	300	28	0	0	0	1361

Source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics