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Poston Butte High School

Public | 9-12 | 1761 students

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San Tan Valley's Poston Butte High School is a public school serving 1761 students in grades 9-12.

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Lack of administrative support. Common sense is often not used. Complete...
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Posted April 2, 2013

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Lack of administrative support. Common sense is often not used. Complete revamp on how this school is ran is greatly needed. My children as well as other do not like the lunch that is served. More care in this area is needed. Children need food fuel to help be more successful in school. More parents need to be involved. Text books need to be an option for students especially when there are restrictions with the use of the computer. Not all student will follow the rules and alternative measure needs to be implemented. Also, sending students to sweep for not having their ID needs to be readdressed. Like I mentioned earlier the entire school policies needs to be re-vamped.
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Posted January 9, 2013

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This school is amazing. My son gets such a great learning experience. There are excellent teachers that stay almost everyday for about two hours just for tutoring. The principal is very nice and a strong leader for this new school. One of my, and sons, favorite aspects of this school, is the growing number of challenging academic programs. I would recommend this school to anyone.
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Grade 10

High school

Math

The state average for Math was 60% in 2012.

488 students were tested at this school in 2012.

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Reading

The state average for Reading was 80% in 2012.

489 students were tested at this school in 2012.

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Science

The state average for Science was 42% in 2012.

420 students were tested at this school in 2012.

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45%
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Writing

The state average for Writing was 70% in 2012.

483 students were tested at this school in 2012.

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In 2011-2012 Arizona used the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) to test students in reading and mathematics in grades 3 through 8 and 10, writing in grades 5, 6, 7, and 10, and in science in grades 4, 8 and 10. AIMS is a standards-based test, which means that it measures how well students have mastered Arizona learning standards. Students must pass the grade 10 AIMS in order to graduate. The goal is for all students to meet or exceed state standards on the test.

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Source: Arizona Department of Education

In 2010-2011, this school was designated "Performing".
This school did not receive a designation in 2009-2010.
This school did not receive a designation in 2008-2009.

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Arizona uses AZ LEARNS Achievement Profiles to indicate schools' overall performance each year. For elementary and middle schools, the profiles are based on current and historical aggregated AIMS results, MAP results and whether or not the school made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). For high schools, AIMS results, AYP status and graduation/dropout rates are used. Schools are identified as Excelling, Highly Performing, Performing Plus, Performing, Underperforming, Failing to Meet Academic Standards or Pending.

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Source: Arizona Department of Education