Tucson Standard

In the 2023-24 school year, 20% of 7,084 Sunnyside Unified District students passed their AASA/ACT Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 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.

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.

Additionally, WalletHub also 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
Elvira Elementary School	38%	368
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet	37%	151
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	32%	765
Los Amigos Elementary School	25%	366
Esperanza Elementary School	24%	244
Liberty Elementary School	23%	289
Craycroft Elementary School	20%	300
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	19%	442
Rivera Elementary School	19%	242
Mission Manor Elementary School	19%	254
Santa Clara Elementary School	18%	217
Apollo Middle School	17%	493
Desert View High School	17%	458
Sunnyside High School	16%	478
Los Ninos Elementary School	14%	263
Sierra 2-8 School	14%	618
Summit View Elementary	14%	243
Drexel Elementary School	13%	294
Challenger Middle School	11%	555
STAR Academic High School	< 10%	44