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In the 2022-23 school year, 21% of Sunnyside Unified District students passed their AASA/ACT Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 7,315 students who took the AASA/ACT were assessed at four proficiency levels in each subject. Those at proficiency level one and two failed the test, while students who reached the third and fourth proficiency level passed the test.

Of those who passed, most achieved proficiency level three.

Beki Quintero Governing Board President | Sunnyside Unified School District website

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

In 2022 Arizona had roughly one teacher for every 19 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students’ school performance.

In 2022, average scores from Arizona students were found to be inline with the national average scores for math and reading, according to the Nation's Report Card.

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
Elvira Elementary School	36%	403
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	34%	825
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet	32%	147
Liberty Elementary School	27%	311
Los Amigos Elementary School	23%	386
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	21%	413
Esperanza Elementary School	21%	257
Craycroft Elementary School	20%	310
Sunnyside High School	19%	432
Mission Manor Elementary School	19%	261
Los Ninos Elementary School	19%	251
Desert View High School	19%	388
Rivera Elementary School	18%	262
Apollo Middle School	18%	506
Santa Clara Elementary School	16%	243
Drexel Elementary School	15%	279
Sierra 2-8 School	14%	688
Challenger Middle School	12%	606
Summit View Elementary	11%	234
STAR Academic High School	< 10%	97
Sunnyside Online Success Academy	< 10%	16