Summary:
The Riverside Elementary District in Arizona serves students from 1 elementary school and 2 middle schools, with no high schools or alternative schools. The district as a whole is ranked 220 out of 289 districts in the state and is rated 1 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger.
The standout school in the district appears to be Maricopa Institute of Technology (MIT), a middle school that is ranked 71 out of 552 Arizona middle schools and has earned a 4 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger. MIT has significantly stronger test scores than the district and state averages, with 67% of 7th graders and 59% of 8th graders proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 36% and 29% for the district, and 42% and 40% for the state. In math, 52% of MIT's 8th graders are proficient or better, compared to 13% for the district and 27% for the state.
In contrast, the other schools in the district, Riverside Traditional School and Kings Ridge School, have generally low test scores compared to state averages. For example, in 4th grade ELA, Riverside Traditional School scored 31% proficient or better, compared to 46% for the state. The district also has concerning dropout rates of 5.2% at the two middle schools. While spending per student varies from $6,594 at Kings Ridge to $8,105 at Riverside Traditional, this does not seem to directly correlate with the academic outcomes.
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