Summary:
Palo Verde Elementary District has one listed school, Palo Verde Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 8 in an area where the supplied data do not include another school for comparison. The school enrolls 482 students and has a reported student–teacher ratio of 20.9:1. Its 2025–26 all-grade results were 32% proficient in English language arts (ELA), compared with 41% statewide, and 18% in math, compared with 33% statewide; grade 5 science was 30%, versus 34% statewide in 2024–25. The clearest overall finding is that Palo Verde’s reported proficiency rates are below Arizona’s in every available subject-level comparison.
There is no school-to-school top or bottom in this district; grade-level results show where performance is comparatively stronger or weaker. Grade 8 ELA is the closest result to the state, at 38% versus 39%—a 1-point gap—while grade 7 ELA has the largest reported shortfall, at 25% versus 43%, or 18 points. Grade 4 math is also relatively close, at 37% versus 40%, while grade 3 math is 24% versus 38%. Across all grades, the math gap is 15 points, 6 points wider than the 9-point ELA gap. ELA results vary from 25% to 39% across reported grades; math results are available for grades 3 and 4 only.
SchoolDigger gives Palo Verde a rank of 630 out of 900, the 30th percentile, and 2 stars for 2025–26; its percentile rose from 33 in 2023–24 to 40 in 2024–25 before falling to 30, so the ranking history fluctuates rather than showing a steady improvement. The district is ranked 204 out of 267, at the 24th percentile, with 1 star. The school’s grade-level exceptions—especially grade 8 ELA and grade 4 math—may be useful context alongside the wider gaps in grade 7 ELA and grade 3 math. The supplied data do not include a free/reduced-lunch rate, and math results for grades 5–8 are suppressed.
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