Summary:
The Saddle Mountain Unified School District in Arizona is home to three elementary schools: Desert Sunset Elementary School, Winters Well Elementary School, and Tartesso Elementary School. Based on the available data, Tartesso Elementary School appears to be the standout performer in the district, with the highest statewide ranking, test scores, and a favorable student-teacher ratio.
Tartesso Elementary School ranks 517 out of 909 Arizona elementary schools, significantly higher than the other two schools in the district. It also has the highest test scores across multiple subjects and grade levels, often exceeding the district and state averages. Additionally, Tartesso has the lowest student-teacher ratio at 18.3, compared to 28 for Desert Sunset and 21.5 for Winters Well. While Tartesso provided dropout rate information, which is relatively low at 5.2%, the other schools did not include this metric.
In contrast, the other two schools in the district, Desert Sunset and Winters Well, generally underperform the state averages in English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science. The district as a whole appears to be struggling compared to the state, with all three schools scoring below the Arizona averages in most subject areas. The lack of free/reduced lunch rate data makes it difficult to assess the socioeconomic factors that may be influencing the schools' performance, and the relatively low spending per student could also be a contributing factor to the overall underperformance of the district.
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