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CITY Center for Collaborative Learning


At a glance
88thof 289 Arizona districts▲ 78
Better than 69% of Arizona districts
Middle 2High 1Grades 6-12
47 E Pennington St
Tucson, AZ 85701-1533
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Statewide performance 2019–2025
2025: better than 69.6% of districts
3
Schools
292
Students
Top rankedPaulo Freire Freedom School - University118th of 552 Arizona middle schools
Biggest riser
Paulo Freire Freedom School - University up 14 spots statewide this year
Newly ranked this year
City High School
Summary:

The CITY Center for Collaborative Learning district in Tucson, Arizona, operates three schools: two middle schools, Paulo Freire Freedom School - University and Paulo Freire Freedom School - Downtown, and one high school, City High School. These schools have shown a range of academic performance, with the Paulo Freire Freedom Schools consistently ranking among the top 25% of Arizona middle schools and City High School steadily improving its statewide ranking.

The Paulo Freire Freedom School - University has been a standout, with a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger and strong academic performance, including 55% of 8th graders proficient or better in Science and 50-55% of 6th and 8th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, outperforming the district and state averages. City High School has also shown progress, moving from the bottom third of Arizona high schools to the top 20% in the most recent year, with an 11th-grade English Language Arts proficiency rate of 51%, significantly higher than the state average of 40%.

Overall, the CITY Center for Collaborative Learning district appears to have some high-performing schools, particularly the Paulo Freire Freedom Schools, which have consistently outpaced the district and state averages in academic achievement. However, more information is needed to fully understand the equity and access considerations within the district, as the data does not provide details on the socioeconomic status of the student population.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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