Summary:
Pendergast Elementary District includes 12 schools, all serving prekindergarten through eighth grade. In 2025–26, the schools averaged 29% proficiency in English language arts (ELA) and 18% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%. Results varied widely, but the clearest area-wide concern is math: the average school was 15 percentage points below the state in math, versus 12 points below in ELA.
Garden Lakes led ELA at 41%, matching the state rate and standing 13 points above the other schools’ average. Copper King led math at 27%, 10 points above the other schools’ average but still 6 points below the state. Its fifth graders also stood out, with 59% proficient in math and 51% in ELA. At the lower end, Desert Horizon had the lowest all-grades results: 21% in ELA and 7% in math. That leaves a 20-point spread between the top and bottom school in each subject. Science results were below state averages overall, though Garden Lakes reached 36% proficiency in eighth-grade science, 6 points above the state rate.
SchoolDigger statewide ranking percentiles improved on average among the nine schools with rankings in both 2023–24 and 2025–26, rising from 24 to 31; these are ranking changes, not evidence of rising test scores. Canyon Breeze gained 30 percentile points and Rio Vista gained 14, while Sonoran Sky fell 21. School size and student–teacher ratios do not show a clear pattern with results: Garden Lakes had the highest enrollment, 941, and ratio, 20.9, while the lowest math result came from Desert Horizon, with 690 students and a ratio of 17.6. Free/reduced-lunch rates were not provided.
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