Did Pima County students pass their AASA English Language Arts tests in 2022-23 school year?

Jenny Clark Member of Arizona State Board of Education | heritage.org

By Tucson Standard

Nov 15, 2024

Only 39.2% of 134,582 Pima County students passed their AASA English Language Arts test in the 2022-23 school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The students who took the AASA test were assessed at four proficiency levels in two subjects: ELA and mathematics. Those achieving proficiency levels one and two failed the test, while students reaching the third and fourth proficiency levels passed the test.

Of the 52,756 students who passed the test, most achieved proficiency level three (39,416).

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

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 were associated with a decline in students' academic achievement.

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

AASA Performance in Pima County by School in 2022-23 School Year

School Name	% Who Passed	Total students tested
Acacia Elementary School	50%	125
Academy Del Sol - Hope	40%	55
Academy of Math and Science	53%	60
Academy Of Math And Science Avondale	40%	81
Academy of Math and Science Desert Sky	31%	131
Academy Of Math And Science Glendale	30%	96
Academy Of Math And Science Peoria Advanced	42%	34
Academy Of Math And Science South Mountain	32%	93
Academy of Mathematics and Science South	31%	49
Academy of Tucson Elementary School	46%	29
Academy of Tucson Middle School	36%	57
Agua Caliente School	67%	57
Alice Vail Middle School	34%	147
Altar Valley Middle School	29%	66
AmeriSchools Academy - Yuma	79%	14
Amerischools Academy North	53%	27
Amphitheater Middle School	16%	133
Anna Henry Elementary School	35%	46
Anna Lawrence Intermediate School	21%	57
Annie Kellond Elementary School	39%	69
Anza Trail	49%	188
Apollo Middle School	18%	230
Arizona Insight Academy	19%	63
Arizona Virtual Academy	26%	212
BASIS Oro Valley Primary	80%	121
BASIS Tucson North	72%	134
BASIS Tucson Primary	82%	147
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	21%	95
Bloom Elementary	27%	54
Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School	40%	61
Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School	24%	31
Borman Elementary School	52%	55
Borton Primary Magnet School	51%	54
Butterfield Elementary School	33%	61
C.E. Rose Elementary School	26%	88
Canyon View Elementary School	68%	77
Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School	58%	51
Centennial Elementary School	42%	75
Challenger Middle School	13%	253
Civano Charter School	72%	16
Collier Elementary School	53%	21
Continental Elementary School	45%	58
Copper Creek Elementary School	43%	41
Copper Ridge Elementary	63%	73
Copper View Elementary School	55%	88
Corona Foothills Middle School	70%	177
Coronado K-8 School	42%	119
Cottonwood Elementary School	53%	82
Coyote Trail Elementary School	56%	63
Cragin Elementary School	32%	38
Craycroft Elementary School	19%	98
Da Vinci Tree Academy	51%	27
Davis Bilingual Magnet School	47%	55
Degrazia Elementary School	38%	58
Desert Sky Middle School	63%	228
Desert Willow Elementary School	58%	133
Dietz K-8 School	25%	40
Doolen Middle School	25%	155
Dove Mountain K-8	61%	103
Drachman Primary Magnet School	43%	34
Drexel Elementary School	21%	63
Elvira Elementary School	36%	100
Emily Gray Junior High School	59%	203
Esmond Station School	71%	93
Esperanza Elementary School	21%	70
Esperero Canyon Middle School	65%	148
Flowing Wells Junior High School	36%	366
Ford Elementary	29%	41
Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School	29%	42
Fruchthendler Elementary School	71%	56
Gale Elementary School	55%	52
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	33%	185
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet	32%	147
Gladden Farms Elementary	55%	102
Great Expectations Academy	47%	19
Gridley Middle School	26%	125
Helen Keeling Elementary School	41%	40
Henry Hank Oyama	32%	43
Hermosa Montessori Charter	76%	25
Hollinger K-8 School	24%	65
Homer Davis Elementary School	28%	62
Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School	46%	137
Ironwood Elementary School	51%	54
J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School	54%	53
John B. Wright Elementary School	26%	60
John E. White Elementary School	26%	114
Khalsa School	77%	22
L.M. Prince School	23%	60
La Cima Middle School	30%	121
La Paloma Academy	27%	56
La Paloma Academy	21%	85
Laguna Elementary School	32%	53
Laura N. Banks Elementary	32%	43
Lawrence W. Cross Middle School	59%	249
Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson	58%	142
Leman Academy of Excellence	67%	131
Leman Academy of Excellence - Central Tucson	42%	61
Leman Academy of Excellence East Mesa	46%	100
Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson	48%	126
Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona	63%	117
Leman Academy of Excellence-Sierra Vista	54%	61
Leman Virtual Academy	55%	20
Liberty Elementary School	26%	74
Lineweaver Elementary School	51%	95
Los Amigos Elementary School	22%	95
Los Ninos Elementary School	22%	65
Lulu Walker School	46%	66
Magee Middle School	19%	108
Mansfeld Middle Magnet School	34%	242
Manzanita School	71%	125
Manzo Elementary School	23%	44
Marana Middle School	30%	423
Marion Donaldson Elementary School	41%	82
Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School	30%	70
Marshall Elementary School	52%	35
Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence	17%	98
Math and Science Success Academy	42%	86
Mesa Verde Elementary School	50%	48
Mesquite Elementary School	70%	102
Miles-Exploratory Learning Center	44%	26
Miller Elementary School	21%	75
Mission Manor Elementary School	23%	61
Montessori Schoolhouse	66%	18
Morgan Maxwell School	17%	61
Ocotillo Ridge Elementary	67%	116
Old Vail Middle School	63%	32
Orange Grove Middle School	66%	214
Painted Sky Elementary School	62%	77
Paulo Freire Freedom School - Downtown	69%	17
Paulo Freire Freedom School - University	57%	25
Picture Rocks Elementary	23%	73
Pistor Middle School	17%	196
Presidio School	54%	15
Quail Run Elementary School	36%	81
Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School	46%	71
Raul Grijalva Elementary School	18%	73
Richard B. Wilson Junior School	63%	190
Rincon Vista Middle School	61%	226
Rio Vista Elementary School	40%	53
Rivera Elementary School	22%	77
Roadrunner Elementary School	27%	49
Robert Richardson Elementary School	57%	49
Roberts Naylor	31%	47
Robins Elementary School	40%	45
Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School	27%	48
Safford K-8 School	18%	53
Sahuarita Intermediate School	45%	114
Sahuarita Middle School	30%	163
Sam Hughes Elementary	71%	166
Santa Clara Elementary School	27%	63
Satori Charter School	55%	103
Secrist Middle School	20%	70
Senita Valley Elementary School	81%	111
Sierra 2-8 School	16%	160
Soleng Tom Elementary School	40%	47
Sonoran Science Academy - Davis Monthan	44%	25
Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix	25%	207
Sonoran Science Academy - Tucson	49%	63
Sonoran Science Academy East	48%	58
Sunrise Drive Elementary School	73%	101
Sycamore Elementary School	54%	337
Tanque Verde Elementary School	63%	79
The Innovation Academy	73%	73
Tolson Elementary School	34%	48
Tortolita Middle School	33%	244
Tucson Country Day School	41%	53
Twin Peaks Elementary School	46%	96
Utterback Middle School	19%	90
Vail Academy & High School	61%	55
Vail Blended Learning	63%	22
Valencia Middle School	18%	157
Van Buskirk Elementary School	26%	40
Ventana Vista Elementary School	73%	92
Vesey Elementary School	33%	95
W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School	60%	30
Wakefield Middle School	40%	80
Walter Douglas Elementary School	22%	85
Wheeler Elementary School	32%	53
Winifred Harelson Elementary School	56%	37
Wrightson Ridge K-8 School	42%	99