Summary:
The area data cover one school, Stepping Stones Academy, an elementary school serving kindergarten through eighth grade with 221 students. In 2025–2026, its all-grades proficiency rates were above Arizona’s in both subjects, and its clearest strength was mathematics: 56% proficient, compared with 33% statewide, a 23-point advantage.
Because there is only one school in the list, there are no local school-to-school leaders or laggards to compare; the strongest and weakest results are among the grades reported for Stepping Stones Academy. Its largest lead over Arizona was in third-grade mathematics, where 92% were proficient versus 38% statewide, a 54-point gap. Its smallest lead was in fourth-grade mathematics: 48% versus 40%, or 8 points. Overall ELA proficiency was 48%, 7 points above the state’s 41%. Across grades 3, 4 and 7, where both subjects have results, the school averaged a 31-point mathematics advantage and a 19-point ELA advantage over Arizona. All available subject-and-grade comparisons were above state rates, but reported mathematics results varied more widely, from 48% to 92%, than ELA results, from 58% to 67%.
SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking remained high but declined over the three years shown: the school was 18th of 912 schools in 2023–2024, 47th of 909 in 2024–2025, and 164th of 900 in 2025–2026; its reported percentile fell from 98th to 82nd. This change reflects relative standing, not a measured decline in proficiency, since earlier-year achievement results are not provided. The student-teacher ratio and free/reduced-lunch rate are also unavailable, and results for some grades are suppressed, so those factors and grades cannot be compared.
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