Tucson Standard

In the 2021-22 school year, 19% of Sunnyside Unified District students passed their AASA/ACT Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 7,489 students who took the AASA/ACT were assessed at four proficiency levels in each subject. Those achieving proficiency level one and two failed the test, while students reaching the third and fourth proficiency level passed the test.

Of those who passed, most achieved proficiency level three.

Sunnyside Unified District roughly covers schools within Pima County and has a main office in Tucson.

A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor markets for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.

Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School Name	% Who Passed	Number of students tested
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet	37%	< 10
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	33%	828
Elvira Elementary School	32%	369
Sunnyside Online Success Academy	24%	65
Desert View High School	20%	< 10
Esperanza Elementary School	20%	256
Mission Manor Elementary School	18%	294
Rivera Elementary School	18%	289
Sunnyside High School	17%	< 10
Santa Clara Elementary School	17%	231
Los Ninos Elementary School	16%	234
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	15%	444
Challenger Middle School	13%	711
Sierra 2-8 School	12%	783
Apollo Middle School	12%	529
Drexel Elementary School	12%	267
Liberty Elementary School	< 10	325
Los Amigos Elementary School	< 10	363
Craycroft Elementary School	< 10	275
STAR Academic High School	< 10	< 10
Summit View Elementary	< 10	235