NW Valley Times

In the 2023-24 school year, 55% of 17,606 Peoria Unified School District students failed 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 failed, most achieved proficiency level one.

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 Failed	Number of students tested
Peoria Flex Academy	> 90%	35
Alta Loma School	78%	397
Ira A. Murphy	77%	283
Peoria Elementary School	74%	321
Country Meadows Elementary School	73%	650
Sky View Elementary School	73%	320
Desert Palms Elementary School	71%	250
Sun Valley Elementary School	71%	523
Peoria High School	71%	353
Raymond S. Kellis	70%	382
Cheyenne Elementary School	70%	383
Foothills Elementary School	67%	341
Sundance Elementary School	67%	373
Kachina Elementary School	67%	217
Pioneer Elementary School	64%	272
Heritage School	64%	320
Cactus High School	63%	226
Santa Fe Elementary School	63%	446
Desert Valley Elementary School	61%	298
Sahuaro Ranch Elementary School	61%	353
Marshall Ranch Elementary School	60%	449
Cotton Boll School	59%	546
Ironwood High School	57%	407
Zuni Hills Elementary School	55%	596
Oasis Elementary School	52%	477
Apache Elementary School	51%	490
Frontier Elementary School	50%	564
Centennial High School	50%	467
Canyon Elementary School	49%	184
Copperwood School	49%	439
Desert Harbor Elementary School	48%	518
Liberty High School	47%	591
Paseo Verde Elementary School	47%	482
Coyote Hills Elementary School	45%	534
Parkridge Elementary	43%	588
Sunrise Mountain High School	42%	487
Oakwood Elementary School	41%	599
Peoria eCampus	40%	73
Lake Pleasant Elementary School	39%	816
Vistancia Elementary School	38%	698
Sunset Heights Elementary School	32%	733
Peoria Traditional School	25%	255