Summary:
The Catalina Foothills Unified District includes seven schools: four elementary schools, two middle schools, and one high school. Across the schools, reported all-grades proficiency averages about 71% in English language arts (ELA) and 63% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%. Most importantly, every school is above the state rate in both subjects, including the lowest-scoring schoolwide results.
Sunrise Drive Elementary School leads all-grades ELA at 79%, 6 percentage points ahead of the next school, Manzanita School, at 73%. Manzanita and Ventana Vista Elementary School share the top all-grades math result at 70%. At the other end, Esperero Canyon Middle School has the lowest all-grades results, 66% in ELA and 49% in math, though both exceed state rates. Grade-level leaders vary: Manzanita leads elementary grade-4 ELA and grades 4 and 5 math, while Sunrise Drive leads grade-3 and grade-5 ELA. Orange Grove Middle School is ahead of Esperero in all six reported middle-grade ELA and math comparisons. In science, Ventana Vista leads elementary grade 5 at 71%, and Orange Grove leads middle-school grade 8 at 59%.
SchoolDigger rankings have mostly held steady, with some gains: Manzanita rose 7 percentile points, from the 87th to the 94th percentile, and Orange Grove rose 4 points, to the 93rd; Canyon View Elementary School fell 3 points, to the 87th. The middle schools have nearly identical student-teacher ratios—19.8 at Orange Grove and 19.9 at Esperero—despite their score differences. Canyon View has the lowest listed ratio among the elementary schools, 14.8, but does not lead their all-grades results. SchoolDigger rankings describe relative standing, not proficiency-score changes, and the supplied scores cover one year.
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