NW Valley Times

In the 2023-24 school year, 45% of 17,606 Peoria Unified School 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.

Peoria Unified School District roughly covers schools within Maricopa County and has a main office in Peoria.

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
Peoria Traditional School	75%	255
Sunset Heights Elementary School	68%	733
Vistancia Elementary School	62%	698
Lake Pleasant Elementary School	61%	816
Peoria eCampus	60%	73
Oakwood Elementary School	59%	599
Sunrise Mountain High School	58%	487
Parkridge Elementary	57%	588
Coyote Hills Elementary School	55%	534
Liberty High School	53%	591
Paseo Verde Elementary School	53%	482
Desert Harbor Elementary School	52%	518
Canyon Elementary School	51%	184
Copperwood School	51%	439
Frontier Elementary School	50%	564
Centennial High School	50%	467
Apache Elementary School	49%	490
Oasis Elementary School	48%	477
Zuni Hills Elementary School	45%	596
Ironwood High School	43%	407
Cotton Boll School	41%	546
Marshall Ranch Elementary School	40%	449
Desert Valley Elementary School	39%	298
Sahuaro Ranch Elementary School	39%	353
Santa Fe Elementary School	37%	446
Cactus High School	37%	226
Heritage School	36%	320
Pioneer Elementary School	36%	272
Foothills Elementary School	33%	341
Sundance Elementary School	33%	373
Kachina Elementary School	33%	217
Cheyenne Elementary School	30%	383
Raymond S. Kellis	30%	382
Peoria High School	29%	353
Sun Valley Elementary School	29%	523
Desert Palms Elementary School	29%	250
Country Meadows Elementary School	27%	650
Sky View Elementary School	27%	320
Peoria Elementary School	26%	321
Ira A. Murphy	23%	283
Alta Loma School	22%	397
Peoria Flex Academy	< 10%	35