Summary:
The Somerton Elementary District includes seven schools in Somerton: six elementary schools and one middle school, with reported AASA results spanning grades 4 through 8. In 2025–26, the schools averaged 30% proficiency in English language arts (ELA), compared with 41% statewide, and 24% in math, compared with 33% statewide. The most important takeaway is that average results are below state rates in both subjects, but school results—especially in math—vary widely.
Desert Sonora Elementary School leads the all-grades results, with 40% in ELA and 46% in math; its math score is 13 percentage points above the state rate and the only all-grades result above the state in either subject. At the other end, Sun Valley Elementary School has the lowest ELA result, at 19%, while Somerton Middle School and Encanto Learning Center tie for lowest math at 14%. Grade-level results can tell a different story: Bravie T. Soto Elementary School reaches 72% in sixth-grade math, 42 points above the state rate, despite scoring 27% in all-grades math overall.
SchoolDigger ranks the district 194th of 267, at the 27th percentile, with one star. Recent school rankings are mixed: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, percentiles rose 9 points at Somerton Middle and 8 at Desert Sonora, but fell 16 at Encanto and 2 at Orange Grove Elementary School; the average for the five schools with comparable rankings remained about the 30th percentile. These rankings measure relative standing, not year-to-year test-score changes. Enrollment and student-teacher ratios are not a simple guide to results: Desert Sonora and Encanto enroll 406 and 403 students, yet score 40% and 27% in ELA and 46% and 14% in math, with ratios of 17.6 and 19.1 students per teacher, respectively.
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