Tucson Standard

Only 38.7% of 133,060 Pima County students passed their AASA English Language Arts test in the 2023-24 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 51,494 students who passed the test, most achieved proficiency level three (37,821).

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.

School Name	% Who Passed	Total students tested
Acacia Elementary School	51%	126
Academy Del Sol - Hope	37%	63
Academy of Math and Science	51%	64
Academy Of Math And Science Avondale	36%	99
Academy of Math and Science Desert Sky	32%	157
Academy Of Math And Science Glendale	27%	106
Academy Of Math And Science Peoria Advanced	46%	80
Academy Of Math And Science South Mountain	27%	101
Academy of Mathematics and Science South	31%	52
Academy of Tucson Elementary School	57%	30
Academy of Tucson Middle School	27%	48
AGAVE Middle and High School	15%	53
Agua Caliente School	63%	62
Alice Vail Middle School	36%	173
Altar Valley Middle School	30%	56
Amphitheater Middle School	18%	124
Anna Henry Elementary School	54%	37
Annie Kellond Elementary School	38%	56
Anza Trail	50%	203
Apollo Middle School	17%	233
Arizona Insight Academy	13%	181
Arizona Virtual Academy	24%	236
BASIS Oro Valley Primary	80%	112
BASIS Tucson North	77%	65
BASIS Tucson Primary	73%	163
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	19%	108
Blenman Elementary School	23%	48
Bloom Elementary	42%	52
Bonillas Elementary Basic Curriculum Magnet School	32%	56
Booth-Fickett Math Science Magnet School	28%	58
Borman Elementary School	59%	27
Borton Primary Magnet School	40%	52
Butterfield Elementary School	33%	78
C.E. Rose Elementary School	28%	73
Canyon View Elementary School	64%	79
Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School	63%	55
Cavett Elementary School	38%	32
Centennial Elementary School	39%	58
Challenger Middle School	11%	267
Civano Charter School	72%	17
Continental Elementary School	42%	73
Copper Creek Elementary School	48%	42
Copper Ridge Elementary	66%	64
Copper View Elementary School	61%	78
Corona Foothills Middle School	70%	193
Coronado K-8 School	39%	130
Cottonwood Elementary School	49%	88
Coyote Trail Elementary School	58%	65
Cragin Elementary School	33%	36
Craycroft Elementary School	20%	105
Da Vinci Tree Academy	54%	28
Davidson Elementary School	36%	36
Davis Bilingual Magnet School	42%	45
Degrazia Elementary School	38%	39
Desert Sky Middle School	58%	227
Desert Willow Elementary School	48%	134
Dietz K-8 School	27%	45
Doolen Middle School	26%	129
Dove Mountain K-8	63%	114
Drachman Primary Magnet School	39%	43
Drexel Elementary School	18%	73
Elvira Elementary School	37%	93
Emily Gray Junior High School	51%	201
Esmond Station School	69%	91
Esperanza Elementary School	26%	78
Esperero Canyon Middle School	70%	173
Flowing Wells Junior High School	31%	673
Ford Elementary	36%	32
Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School	27%	45
Fruchthendler Elementary School	67%	60
Gale Elementary School	49%	57
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	31%	133
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet	37%	151
Gladden Farms Elementary	54%	105
Great Expectations Academy	49%	20
Gridley Middle School	29%	173
Helen Keeling Elementary School	34%	39
Henry Hank Oyama	29%	49
Hermosa Montessori Charter	75%	26
Hollinger K-8 School	25%	62
Homer Davis Elementary School	29%	48
Ida Flood Dodge Traditional Middle Magnet School	39%	141
Indian Oasis Primary Elementary School	21%	73
Ironwood Elementary School	54%	54
J. Robert Hendricks Elementary School	49%	55
John B. Wright Elementary School	24%	67
John E. White Elementary School	28%	98
Khalsa School	70%	24
L.M. Prince School	23%	195
La Cima Middle School	24%	113
La Paloma Academy	24%	100
La Paloma Academy	22%	70
La Paloma Academy-South	20%	56
Laguna Elementary School	21%	183
Laura N. Banks Elementary	32%	36
Lawrence W. Cross Middle School	59%	213
Legacy Traditional School - Northwest Tucson	57%	127
Leman Academy of Excellence	67%	111
Leman Academy of Excellence - Central Tucson	41%	90
Leman Academy of Excellence East Mesa	46%	75
Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson	50%	95
Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona	60%	121
Leman Academy of Excellence-Sierra Vista	48%	59
Leman Virtual Academy	59%	22
Liberty Elementary School	26%	78
Lineweaver Elementary School	48%	94
Los Amigos Elementary School	23%	89
Los Ninos Elementary School	18%	71
Lulu Walker School	46%	69
Lynn Urquides	29%	48
Magee Middle School	20%	74
Maldonado Amelia Elementary School	38%	32
Mansfeld Middle Magnet School	30%	250
Manzanita School	68%	98
Manzo Elementary School	27%	51
Marana Middle School	30%	414
Marion Donaldson Elementary School	35%	33
Marjorie W. Estes Elementary School	29%	71
Marshall Elementary School	37%	36
Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence	15%	92
Math and Science Success Academy	42%	86
Mesa Verde Elementary School	49%	54
Mesquite Elementary School	62%	135
Miles-Exploratory Learning Center	54%	29
Miller Elementary School	36%	73
Mission Manor Elementary School	21%	57
Ochoa Elementary School	42%	29
Ocotillo Ridge Elementary	66%	122
Old Vail Middle School	61%	247
Orange Grove Middle School	65%	208
Painted Sky Elementary School	71%	60
Paulo Freire Freedom School - Downtown	52%	25
Paulo Freire Freedom School - University	48%	23
Picture Rocks Elementary	32%	52
Pistor Middle School	12%	172
Presidio School	53%	25
Quail Run Elementary School	44%	65
Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary School	55%	44
Raul Grijalva Elementary School	22%	66
Richard B. Wilson Junior School	60%	71
Rincon Vista Middle School	62%	217
Rio Vista Elementary School	33%	50
Rivera Elementary School	19%	54
Roadrunner Elementary School	26%	57
Robert Richardson Elementary School	61%	39
Roberts Naylor	34%	63
Robins Elementary School	37%	54
Roskruge Bilingual Magnet Middle School	28%	89
Safford K-8 School	21%	56
Sahuarita Intermediate School	42%	112
Sahuarita Middle School	38%	131
Sam Hughes Elementary	71%	54
Santa Clara Elementary School	21%	53
Satori Charter School	55%	20
Secrist Middle School	25%	68
Senita Valley Elementary School	76%	119
Sierra 2-8 School	17%	154
Soleng Tom Elementary School	40%	45
Sonoran Science Academy - Tucson	49%	59
Sonoran Science Academy East	46%	57
Summit View Elementary	21%	53
Sunrise Drive Elementary School	79%	79
Sycamore Elementary School	50%	107
Tanque Verde Elementary School	64%	82
The Innovation Academy	77%	74
Tolson Elementary School	32%	51
Tortolita Middle School	33%	229
Tucson Country Day School	43%	45
Tully Elementary Accelerated Magnet School	27%	41
Twin Peaks Elementary School	50%	112
Utterback Middle School	23%	91
Vail Academy & High School	59%	59
Vail Blended Learning	68%	24
Vail Innovation Center	78%	18
Valencia Middle School	16%	165
Van Buskirk Elementary School	35%	40
Ventana Vista Elementary School	78%	78
Vesey Elementary School	27%	103
W. Arthur Sewel Elementary School	68%	27
W.V. Whitmore Elementary School	28%	49
Wakefield Middle School	40%	87
Walter Douglas Elementary School	27%	76
Wheeler Elementary School	35%	62
Winifred Harelson Elementary School	55%	83
Wrightson Ridge K-8 School	44%	95