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In the 2023-24 school year, 12% of 7,196 Sunnyside Unified District students passed their AASA/ACT math 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
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet	49%	151
Elvira Elementary School	38%	368
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	22%	764
Los Amigos Elementary School	18%	369
Mission Manor Elementary School	17%	254
Esperanza Elementary School	15%	245
Rivera Elementary School	13%	244
STAR Academic High School	< 10%	54
Craycroft Elementary School	9%	301
Sierra 2-8 School	9%	621
Desert View High School	9%	474
Summit View Elementary	8%	247
Apollo Middle School	7%	493
Liberty Elementary School	7%	302
Santa Clara Elementary School	6%	219
Sunnyside High School	6%	517
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	5%	445
Los Ninos Elementary School	5%	264
Drexel Elementary School	5%	297
Challenger Middle School	5%	567