Summary:
Oro Valley’s eight listed schools include five elementary schools and three secondary schools, with results spanning elementary through high school and BASIS Oro Valley serving grades 5–12. Across the schools, average All Grades proficiency is 68% in English language arts (ELA) and 67% in math, compared with state results of 41% and 33%. The central finding is that every school is above the state in both subjects, yet results vary substantially: the school-to-school range is 37 points in ELA and 47 points in math.
BASIS Oro Valley has the highest All Grades results, with 91% proficient in both subjects. At the other end, Ironwood Ridge High School has the lowest results, at 54% in ELA and 44% in math—37 and 47 points below the leader. Among elementary schools, BASIS Oro Valley Primary leads with 76% in ELA and 83% in math, compared with about 68% and 65% averages at the other four elementary schools. In grade 11, Canyon Del Oro High School is close to Ironwood Ridge in ELA (56% versus 54%) but leads by 12 points in math (56% versus 44%).
SchoolDigger’s reported rankings show mixed movement: percentiles rose for Canyon Del Oro (78th to 80th), Ironwood Ridge (60th to 72nd), and Richard B Wilson Junior School (75th to 84th), while they fell for Leman Academy of Excellence-Oro Valley Arizona (81st to 80th) and BASIS Primary (98th to 97th); Painted Sky Elementary School stayed at the 93rd percentile. A low student-teacher ratio does not consistently correspond with higher results: Leman Academy reports 10.9 students per teacher but has the lowest elementary All Grades scores (62% ELA and 57% math), while BASIS Primary reports 18.7. Painted Sky and The Innovation Academy have nearly identical enrollment and ratios—416 versus 415 students and 14.9 at both—yet Painted Sky leads ELA by 2 points while Innovation leads math by 3. Grade spans differ, free/reduced-lunch figures are unavailable, and SchoolDigger percentiles reflect relative rankings rather than changes in test proficiency.
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