Tucson Standard

In the 2023-24 school year, 88% of 7,196 Sunnyside Unified District students failed 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 failed, most achieved proficiency level one.

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 Failed	Number of students tested
Challenger Middle School	95%	567
Los Ninos Elementary School	95%	264
Drexel Elementary School	95%	297
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	95%	445
Santa Clara Elementary School	94%	219
Sunnyside High School	94%	517
Liberty Elementary School	93%	302
Apollo Middle School	93%	493
Summit View Elementary	92%	247
Sierra 2-8 School	91%	621
Desert View High School	91%	474
Craycroft Elementary School	91%	301
STAR Academic High School	> 90%	54
Rivera Elementary School	87%	244
Esperanza Elementary School	85%	245
Mission Manor Elementary School	83%	254
Los Amigos Elementary School	82%	369
Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School	78%	764
Elvira Elementary School	62%	368
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet	51%	151