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Ironwood School

Public Grades PK, KG-8

886^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 909 Arizona Elementary Schools

Better than 3% of Arizona elementary schools

Summary

Ironwood School is an elementary school serving grades PK-8 in Casa Grande, Arizona, with 501 students. It is part of the Casa Grande Elementary District, which is ranked 261 out of 289 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Ironwood School consistently underperforms compared to the state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 12-21% of Ironwood students were proficient in English Language Arts and Mathematics, compared to 36-46% statewide. The school also struggles to serve its diverse student population, with its rankings for subgroups like female, male, Hispanic, and special education students all in the bottom 20% of Arizona elementary schools. Ironwood School spends between $6,855 and $9,303 per student, which is lower than the state average and some nearby schools, and has a student-teacher ratio of 20-21 students per teacher, higher than the nearby Legacy Traditional School - Casa Grande and The Grande Innovation Academy charter schools.

Ironwood School's consistent placement in the bottom 10-20% of Arizona elementary schools, across multiple years and subject areas, is a significant concern, indicating systemic challenges in providing a quality education to its students. Despite being located near several other elementary schools, including some charter schools, Ironwood School does not appear to be benefiting from any potential spillover effects or best practices from its neighbors, raising questions about the district's ability to share resources and coordinate improvement efforts across its schools.

481

Students ?

20.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,103

Per pupil spending ?

64.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1500 N Colorado St
Casa Grande, AZ 85122-2931

(520) 836-5086

District: Casa Grande Elementary District

Students who attend Ironwood School usually attend:

Middle:	Cactus Middle School
High:	Vista Grande High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

73.6%

White:

14.6%

African American:

5.4%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 32nd percentile in 2015 → 3rd in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (18% vs 40% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (3rd percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 29 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school18%

District avg19%

Arizona avg40%

886^th of 909

Arizona public elementary schools ?

Bottom 3%▼ down 30 pts since 2015

From bottom 32% (2015) to bottom 3% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

5^th of 7Elementary Schools in the Casa Grande Elementary District

261^st of 289Casa Grande Elementary District among Arizona districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	8.5	886 of 909	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.3	904 of 912	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	16.7	1077 of 1245	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	6.8	978 of 1000	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	19.1	1013 of 1226	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	16.1	891 of 1039	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.9	740 of 1109	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2017	39.2	629 of 1106	43.1%	★★☆☆☆
2016	36.3	644 of 1079	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2015	29.2	645 of 955	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2014	55.1	490 of 1079	54.6%	★★★☆☆
2013	51.5	574 of 1158	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	55.0	509 of 1141	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2011	57.2	451 of 1075	58.0%	★★★☆☆
2010	52.7	505 of 1090	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	44.4	610 of 1062	42.6%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	48.4	346 of 895	61.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	45.6	320 of 975	67.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	16.4	1076 of 1219	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.2	988 of 1219	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.5	695 of 862	19.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.5	697 of 1023	31.9%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	20.4	993 of 1170	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	11.5	698 of 716	2.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	21.2	1044 of 1198	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	15.8	645 of 709	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	35.0	594 of 911	34.8%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	30.7	408 of 423	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	16.2	1042 of 1116	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	30.1	602 of 820	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	16.6	1071 of 1216	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	1022 of 1220	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.3	779 of 850	8.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.1	738 of 1032	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	23.5	545 of 617	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	29.3	784 of 1027	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	13.8	813 of 820	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.8	1034 of 1201	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	6.4	1013 of 1024	1.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.0	1029 of 1161	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.4	594 of 720	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2021)67th percentile+50 vs school

African American (2021)61st percentile+44 vs school

Hispanic (2023)15th percentile~ school

Male (2023)12th percentile~ school

Female (2023)12th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2023)12th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)7th percentile-7 vs school

Homeless (2021)4th percentile-14 vs school

White (2023)1st percentile-12 vs school

Special Education (2023)1st percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

Science20%-14 vs state

English Language Arts20%-22 vs state

Mathematics16%-24 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)						AASA Mathematics (2025)						AzSCI Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Ironwood School	Public	PK, KG-8	1500 N Colorado St	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-5086	481	23	20.9		70 (14.6%)	26 (5.4%)	354 (73.6%)	7 (1.5%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.2%)	8.5	886^th of 909 public elementary schools	2.5%		6.3	904^th of 912 public elementary schools	0.9%	18		18.0	21.0				17.0	12.0	18.0				20.0		$8,103	$1,392	$274	$3,059	$5,719	$717	$6,436
Legacy Traditional School - Casa Grande	Public, Charter	K-8	1274 E. ONeil Dr	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Legacy Traditional School - Casa Grande	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 421-2323	1,486	62	23.9		391 (26.3%)	89 (6.0%)	840 (56.5%)	43 (2.9%)	19 (1.3%)	10 (0.7%)	94 (6.3%)	35.7	504^th of 909 public elementary schools	44.6%		35.8	515^th of 912 public elementary schools	43.5%	11	34.0	44.0	39.0	46.0	57.0	58.0	34.0	28.0	28.0	30.0	36.0	33.0	38.0	45.0		$00			$00
The Grande Innovation	Public, Charter	K-8	950 N Peart Rd	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	The Grande Innovation Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 381-2360	833	39	21.3		184 (22.1%)	17 (2.0%)	581 (69.7%)	4 (0.5%)	9 (1.1%)	2 (0.2%)	36 (4.3%)	27.3	591^st of 909 public elementary schools	35.0%		19.1	718^th of 912 public elementary schools	21.3%	127	29.0	45.0	26.0	41.0	40.0	61.0	27.0	24.0	28.0	33.0	17.0	33.0	27.0	45.0		$00			$00
Center for Online and Innovative Learning	Public	PK, KG-8	1000 N Amarillo St	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-6694	332	18	18.4		132 (39.8%)	7 (2.1%)	161 (48.5%)	2 (0.6%)	8 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (6.6%)	40.3	469^th of 909 public elementary schools	48.4%		64.7	289^th of 912 public elementary schools	68.3%	180		48.0	30.0	35.0	51.0			48.0	22.0		45.0		46.0		$170,822	$13,732	$3,374	$30,839	$126,725	$26,991	$153,715
Cottonwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1667 N Kadota Ave	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-5601	515	24	21.4		88 (17.1%)	39 (7.6%)	328 (63.7%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (6.6%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.7%)								(n/a)		27.0													$9,303	$1,561	$371	$3,494	$5,576	$1,795	$7,370
Cholla Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1180 E Kortsen Rd	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-4719	458	22	20.8		85 (18.6%)	35 (7.6%)	292 (63.8%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (6.6%)	13.9	812^th of 909 public elementary schools	10.7%		13.4	812^th of 912 public elementary schools	11.0%			28.0	20.0				20.0	26.0	26.0						$7,359	$1,225	$186	$2,635	$5,257	$692	$5,949
Mesquite Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	129 N Arizola Rd	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-7787	439	22	19.9		82 (18.7%)	22 (5.0%)	264 (60.1%)	4 (0.9%)	41 (9.3%)	2 (0.5%)	24 (5.5%)	8	889^th of 909 public elementary schools	2.2%		10.8	860^th of 912 public elementary schools	5.7%	29	15.0	21.0					17.0	21.0							$9,356	$1,773	$257	$3,803	$5,835	$1,491	$7,326
Palo Verde School	Public	PK, KG-8	40 N Roosevelt Ave	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 421-1650	548	22	24.9		89 (16.2%)	47 (8.6%)	367 (67.0%)	3 (0.5%)	18 (3.3%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (4.2%)	5.2	909^th of 909 public elementary schools	0.0%		6.5	901^st of 912 public elementary schools	1.2%	8		16.0	17.0				10.0								$8,290	$1,269	$167	$2,704	$5,458	$1,397	$6,855
Saguaro Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	1501 N Center Ave	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 836-7661	456	19	24.0		57 (12.5%)	18 (3.9%)	325 (71.3%)	2 (0.4%)	36 (7.9%)	1 (0.2%)	17 (3.7%)								(n/a)															$7,801	$1,295	$261	$2,852	$5,432	$812	$6,244
Desert Willow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2172 N Arizola Rd	Casa Grande	85122	Pinal County	Casa Grande Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 876-5397	505	23	21.9		145 (28.7%)	30 (5.9%)	289 (57.2%)	5 (1.0%)	13 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	22 (4.4%)	14.7	791^st of 909 public elementary schools	13.0%		11.5	846^th of 912 public elementary schools	7.2%	55	25.0	27.0	18.0				35.0	18.0					18.0		$7,769	$1,200	$266	$2,665	$5,291	$1,012	$6,303

Frequently Asked Questions about Ironwood School

Is Ironwood School a good school?

Ironwood School ranks in the bottom 2.5% of Arizona elementary schools.

How many students attend Ironwood School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 481 students attended Ironwood School.

What district is Ironwood School in?

Casa Grande Elementary District

What schools do graduates of Ironwood School attend?

Students who attend Ironwood School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cactus Middle School
High : Vista Grande High School

What is the racial makeup of Ironwood School?

Students at Ironwood School are 74% Hispanic, 15% White, 5% African American, 4% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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