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Valencia Middle School

Public Grades 6-8

518^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 552 Arizona Middle Schools

Better than 6% of Arizona middle schools

Summary

Valencia Middle School is a public middle school located in Tucson, Arizona, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 644 students. The school is part of the Tucson Unified District, which is ranked 208 out of 289 districts in Arizona and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Valencia Middle School consistently performs significantly below the state and district averages in standardized test scores across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 12% of 8th-grade students were proficient or better in science, compared to 17% in the district and 30% statewide. Similarly, in English Language Arts, only 17-23% of students were proficient or better, compared to 26% in the district and 40-42% statewide. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Arizona middle schools, with a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years, and has relatively high dropout rates ranging from 3.9% to 6.6% over the past few years.

While the nearby schools, such as Wakefield Middle School, Anna Lawrence Intermediate School, and Pistor Middle School, also perform below the state averages, they generally outperform Valencia Middle School in academic metrics and rankings. Additionally, Valencia Middle School has a high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 78.81% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year, and its spending per student has decreased from $8,789 in 2018-2019 to $6,543 in 2019-2020, which is lower than the nearby schools.

520

Students ?

14.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

78.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

4400 W Irvington Rd
Tucson, AZ 85746-8425

(520) 908-4500

District: Tucson Unified District

Students who attend Valencia Middle School usually attend:

High:	Cholla High School
	University High School
Alternative:	Tucson Unified Virtual Academy

Feeder schools for Valencia Middle School:

Elementary:	Harriet Johnson Primary School
	Henry Hank Oyama
	Laura N. Banks Elementary
	Lynn Urquides
	More...
	Maldonado Amelia Elementary School
	Vesey Elementary School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

81.0%

American Indian:

7.1%

White:

6.3%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 1st percentile in 2015 → 6th in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 5 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (16% vs 34% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (6th percentile)

!English Language Arts scores 20 pts below the Arizona average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school16%

District avg20%

Arizona avg34%

518^th of 552

Arizona public middle schools ?

Bottom 6%▲ up 5 pts since 2015

From bottom 1% (2015) to bottom 6% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

8^th of 9Middle Schools in the Tucson Unified District

208^th of 289Tucson Unified 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	11.7	518 of 552	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	8.0	542 of 550	1.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.9	821 of 854	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.8	598 of 605	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	14.2	791 of 832	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	7.6	589 of 605	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.0	676 of 711	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	8.7	682 of 695	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2016	10.3	648 of 677	4.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	8.6	515 of 521	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	8.5	658 of 690	4.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2013	25.9	652 of 787	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	17.0	700 of 772	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	12.9	630 of 685	8.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2010	16.6	624 of 692	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2009	22.7	550 of 663	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	42.4	216 of 400	46.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.0	350 of 573	38.9%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	32.2	149 of 192	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	49.5	211 of 404	47.8%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	19.1	137 of 145	5.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	41.7	298 of 606	50.8%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	8.9	376 of 395	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	6.3	375 of 386	2.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	13.6	753 of 806	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.6	781 of 820	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.1	457 of 466	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	7.8	612 of 624	1.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	14.1	311 of 345	9.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.5	320 of 329	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.0	717 of 760	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	8.3	391 of 392	0.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.4	752 of 802	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	9.2	380 of 387	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.5	532 of 543	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	41.1	31 of 64	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	39.1	130 of 257	49.4%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	15.6	317 of 344	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.7	316 of 320	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.2	705 of 717	1.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	6.2	369 of 369	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	8.2	361 of 379	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	11.6	786 of 810	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	4.2	473 of 476	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	16.1	764 of 818	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.9	425 of 435	2.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	10.3	593 of 617	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	15.8	594 of 650	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	9.2	157 of 159	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	37.4	230 of 390	41.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.8	52 of 62	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	23.8	77 of 108	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	32.2	576 of 789	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	7.0	668 of 675	1.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	13.3	732 of 780	6.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	6.0	429 of 436	1.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2023)52nd percentile+48 vs school

African American (2023)46th percentile+42 vs school

Pacific Islander (2021)29th percentile+24 vs school

Special Education (2021)27th percentile+22 vs school

Asian (2022)22nd percentile+21 vs school

Hispanic (2025)10th percentile+4 vs school

Multi-racial (2021)9th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2023)6th percentile~ school

Female (2025)5th percentile~ school

Male (2025)5th percentile~ school

Native American (2023)1st percentile-3 vs school

White (2023)1st percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts21%-20 vs state

Science12%-18 vs state

Mathematics12%-16 vs state

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by a student
Thursday, February 7, 2019

Honestly it's not that bad and everyone makes it seem so bad it's pretty chill there and it doesnt matter what the internet day because most of the stuff the internet says isnt true. Close Quote

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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 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th 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
Valencia Middle School	Public	6-8	4400 W Irvington Rd	Tucson	85746	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-4500	520	36	14.4		33 (6.3%)	19 (3.7%)	421 (81.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.7%)	11.7	518^th of 552 public middle schools	6.2%		8	542^nd of 550 public middle schools	1.5%	24	17.0	23.0	23.0		9.0	14.0		12.0		$00			$00
Pistor Middle School	Public	6-8	5455 S Cardinal Ave	Tucson	85746	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-5400	579	44	13.1		31 (5.4%)	9 (1.6%)	473 (81.7%)	5 (0.9%)	50 (8.6%)	2 (0.3%)	9 (1.6%)	5.5	551^st of 552 public middle schools	0.2%		6.6	550^th of 550 public middle schools	0.0%	1	11.0	12.0	13.0	7.0				9.0		$00			$00
Anna Lawrence Intermediate School	Public	3-8	4850 W Jeffrey Rd	Tucson	85757	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 908-3900	215	20	10.8		10 (4.7%)	3 (1.4%)	100 (46.5%)	1 (0.5%)	95 (44.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.8%)								(n/a)							33.0			$00			$00
Apollo Middle School	Public	6-8	265 West Nebraska Street	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4500	480	33	14.5		7 (1.5%)	6 (1.3%)	442 (92.1%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	7.8	547^th of 552 public middle schools	0.9%		9.6	529^th of 550 public middle schools	3.8%	18		17.0	17.0		6.0			9.0	$8,739	$942	$65	$1,950	$7,035	$697	$7,732
Wakefield Middle School	Public	6-8	101 W 44th St	Tucson	85713	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 225-6280	295	21	13.9		29 (9.8%)	3 (1.0%)	243 (82.4%)	2 (0.7%)	14 (4.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	57.7	194^th of 552 public middle schools	64.9%		42.9	265^th of 550 public middle schools	51.8%	71	57.0	50.0	53.0	42.0	18.0	36.0		46.0		$00			$00
Las Puertas Community School	Public, Charter	6-10	100 W 37th St	Tucson	85713	Pima County	StrengthBuilding Partners	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 546-9296	40	5	7.4		1 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (60.0%)	1 (2.5%)	14 (35.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)										$00			$00
Challenger Middle School	Public	6-8	100 E Elvira Rd	Tucson	85756	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-4600	590	30	19.5		21 (3.6%)	21 (3.6%)	508 (86.1%)	2 (0.3%)	32 (5.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.0%)	8.3	543^rd of 552 public middle schools	1.6%		6.8	549^th of 550 public middle schools	0.2%	6		13.0	18.0		6.0	7.0		13.0	$6,510	$574	$39	$1,187	$5,393	$504	$5,897
Paulo Freire Freedom School - Downtown	Public, Charter	6-8	47 E Pennington St	Tucson	85701	Pima County	CITY Center for Collaborative Learning	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 352-0057	54	4	13.5		18 (33.3%)	1 (1.9%)	27 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (5.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (9.3%)								(n/a)									$8,340	$1,073	$622	$2,769	$6,428	$217	$6,644
Paulo Freire Freedom School - University	Public, Charter	6-8	300 E. University Blvd.	Tucson	85705	Pima County	CITY Center for Collaborative Learning	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 624-7552	73	8	9.7		37 (50.7%)	4 (5.5%)	27 (37.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.1%)	72.5	118^th of 552 public middle schools	78.6%		69.6	132^nd of 550 public middle schools	76.0%	14	50.0		55.0					55.0	$9,564	$1,107	$520	$2,734	$6,850	$1,087	$7,937
Pima Partnership Academy	Public, Charter	6-8	1346 N Stone Ave	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Pima Prevention Partnership dba Pima Partnership A	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 326-2528	34	5	6.8		3 (8.8%)	1 (2.9%)	26 (76.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.9%)								(n/a)										$00			$00

Frequently Asked Questions about Valencia Middle School

What district is Valencia Middle School in?

Tucson Unified District

What high school do graduates of Valencia Middle School attend?

Students who attend Valencia Middle School usually go on to attend Cholla High School

How many students attend Valencia Middle School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 520 students attended Valencia Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Valencia Middle School?

Students at Valencia Middle School are 81% Hispanic, 7% American Indian, 6% White, 4% African American, 2% Two or more races.

Is Valencia Middle School a good school?

Valencia Middle School ranks in the bottom 6.2% of Arizona middle schools.

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