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Rio Vista Elementary School

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Rio Vista Elementary School ranks 677 th of 909 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Public Grades PK, KG-5

677^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 909 Arizona Elementary Schools

Better than 26% of Arizona elementary schools

Summary

Rio Vista Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in the Amphitheater Unified District in Tucson, Arizona, with 359 students. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Arizona elementary schools over the past several years, receiving 2 out of 5 stars from SchoolDigger, and its performance on state assessments has been below the district and state averages.

Rio Vista Elementary faces significant challenges, with a very high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 66.56% to 82.65% over the past few years. The school's proficiency rates on state assessments are significantly lower than the Amphitheater Unified District and Arizona state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 22% of 5th graders were proficient in Science compared to 34% statewide. Additionally, Rio Vista has a relatively high student-teacher ratio, ranging from 10.1 to 11.6 students per teacher, which is higher than the nearby schools in the same district.

The nearby schools in the Amphitheater Unified District, such as E.C. Nash School, Helen Keeling Elementary, and Frances Owen Holaway Elementary, also perform poorly, with rankings in the bottom half of Arizona elementary schools. This suggests that the challenges faced by Rio Vista may be systemic to the district, and factors such as resource allocation, teacher quality, and student support services may be contributing to the school's underperformance.

338

Students ?

12.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

82.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1351 E Limberlost Dr
Tucson, AZ 85719-1120

(520) 696-5250

District: Amphitheater Unified District

Students who attend Rio Vista Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Amphitheater Middle School
High:	Amphitheater High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

64.2%

White:

19.2%

African American:

8.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 49th percentile in 2015 → 26th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (29% vs 39% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 23 percentile points since 2015

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school29%

District avg42%

Arizona avg39%

677^th of 909

Arizona public elementary schools ?

Bottom 26%▼ down 23 pts since 2015

From bottom 49% (2015) to bottom 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

10^th of 10Elementary Schools in the Amphitheater Unified District

131^st of 289Amphitheater Unified District among Arizona districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	21.8	677 of 909	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.1	594 of 912	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	40.1	673 of 1245	45.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	29.2	640 of 1000	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.9	735 of 1226	40.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.4	704 of 1039	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	43.5	561 of 1109	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2017	42.9	577 of 1106	47.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	48.9	496 of 1079	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2015	41.1	491 of 955	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2014	51.2	535 of 1079	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2013	53.6	544 of 1158	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2012	55.3	506 of 1141	55.7%	★★★☆☆
2011	51.6	500 of 1075	53.5%	★★★☆☆
2010	68.5	352 of 1090	67.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	56.2	470 of 1062	55.7%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	34.3	611 of 895	31.7%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	34.3	220 of 316	30.4%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	30.8	272 of 451	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2021	43.8	372 of 975	61.8%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	33.8	748 of 1219	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	38.8	528 of 824	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	45.6	590 of 1219	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	20.2	688 of 862	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	41.0	568 of 1023	44.5%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2024	30.6	317 of 486	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.4	548 of 1170	53.2%	★★★☆☆
2021	38.5	681 of 1198	43.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	33.1	456 of 709	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2018	53.5	362 of 911	60.3%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	401 of 549	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	45.1	269 of 556	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	44.0	580 of 1116	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.8	342 of 618	44.7%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	46.2	582 of 1216	52.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	27.4	847 of 1220	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	21.9	643 of 850	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	45.0	530 of 1032	48.6%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	74.4	66 of 444	85.1%	★★★★☆
2021	52.5	417 of 1027	59.4%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	42.8	414 of 820	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.6	895 of 1201	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	47.2	174 of 417	58.3%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	44.3	562 of 1024	45.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.4	885 of 1161	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.0	549 of 720	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Multi-racial (2022)85th percentile+49 vs school

Male (2023)52nd percentile+6 vs school

Special Education (2023)50th percentile+4 vs school

White (2023)45th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2023)40th percentile-6 vs school

Female (2023)39th percentile-7 vs school

Hispanic (2024)35th percentile~ school

African American (2021)32nd percentile-8 vs school

Asian (2023)30th percentile-16 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)27th percentile~ school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts32%-10 vs state

Mathematics30%-10 vs state

Science22%-12 vs state

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by a parent
Sunday, August 8, 2021

23 hours agoNEW
DO NOT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE WORST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE MY SONS FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN WAS YESTERDAY HE WAS HAVING TROUBLE SO I GOT CALLED TO SCHOOL TO SIT WITH HIM AND IT WAS JUST THE WORST EVER. THE TEACHER MRS GALLAGHER WAS COMPLAINING OVER AND OVER AGAIN ABOUT HOW SHE DIDNT WANNA DEAL WITH THE KIDS ROLLING HER EYES OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS LITTLE BOY THAT WAS IN MY SONS CLASS ONLY SPOKE SPANISH HE WAS TRYING TO TELL THE TEACHER that another little boy was hitting him and all they would tell him was I don't understand and walked away once he started becoming very anxious cause the teachers wouldn't take the time of the day to try to understand instead of ignoring him he started acting out and I witnessed the PRINCIPLE GRABBING THE LITTLE BOY BY HIS FEET FACE DOWN DRAGGING HIM OUT ACROSS THE CLASSROM INTO THE HALLWAY. THIS SCHOOL JUST DOESNT WANT TO DEAL WITH KIDS NOT KMOWING ALL KIDS ARE DIFFERENT AND ARENT ROBOTS PATIENCE IS THE KEY TO A SUCCESSFUL CHILD I CAN'T SPEAK ON ALL THE OTHER TEACHERS BUT MY EXPERIENCE WITH MRS GALLAGHER, THE PRINCIPLE AND THE MUSIC TEACHER WAS JUST HORRIBLE THEY SHOULD NOT BE TEACHERS AND I HOPE THE SCHOOL BOARD REALIZES that when this is reported. NOT ALL THE KIDS ARE PERFECT IT IS YOUR JOB TO TEACH THEM NOT TREAT THEM THE WAY THEY DID YESTERDAY. THE THINGS THEY WERE SAYING AND DOING WHILE I WAS THERE MAKES ME WONDER WHAT ELSE THEY DO WHEN NOONE IS THERE THEY DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH CHILDREN VERY UNPROFESSIONAL I REPEAT PLEASE DONT SEND YOUR KIDS HERE IF YOUR CHILDS SAFETY IS IMPORTANT TO YOU. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)						AASA Mathematics (2025)					AzSCI Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	Total
Rio Vista Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1351 E Limberlost Dr	Tucson	85719	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-5250	338	27	12.7		65 (19.2%)	29 (8.6%)	217 (64.2%)	2 (0.6%)	7 (2.1%)	10 (3.0%)	8 (2.4%)	21.8	677^th of 909 public elementary schools	25.5%		28.1	594^th of 912 public elementary schools	34.9%	83	29.0	34.0					29.0	32.0	29.0			22.0
Frances Owen Holaway Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3500 N Cherry Ave	Tucson	85719	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-6880	241	24	10.0		58 (24.1%)	13 (5.4%)	149 (61.8%)	4 (1.7%)	5 (2.1%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (5.0%)								(n/a)
Montessori Schoolhouse	Public, Charter	K-8	1301 E Fort Lowell Rd	Tucson	85719	Pima County	Montessori Schoolhouse of Tucson Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 319-8668	134				48 (35.8%)	2 (1.5%)	61 (45.5%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	20 (14.9%)								(n/a)								72.0						$8,552
L M Prince School	Public	PK, KG-5	125 E Prince Rd	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-6350	379	30	12.5		48 (12.7%)	66 (17.4%)	220 (58.0%)	15 (4.0%)	13 (3.4%)	2 (0.5%)	15 (4.0%)								(n/a)							22.0	26.0
Cragin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2945 N Tucson Blvd	Tucson	85716	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 232-6700	222	21	10.6		43 (19.4%)	35 (15.8%)	116 (52.3%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.0%)	8 (3.6%)	8 (3.6%)								(n/a)
Helen Keeling Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2837 N Los Altos Ave	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-6940	230	24	9.7		31 (13.5%)	17 (7.4%)	163 (70.9%)	6 (2.6%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	9 (3.9%)								(n/a)			34.0						32.0
Academy Del Sol	Public, Charter	K-8	732 W Roger Rd	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Academy Del Sol Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 325-2800	171				34 (19.9%)	14 (8.2%)	115 (67.3%)	1 (0.6%)	6 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)								(n/a)
Khalsa School	Public, Charter	K-8	3701 E River Rd	Tucson	85718	Pima County	Khalsa Family Services	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 529-3611	238	16	14.8		146 (61.3%)	1 (0.4%)	63 (26.5%)	14 (5.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (5.9%)	81.1	148^th of 909 public elementary schools	83.7%		84.4	130^th of 912 public elementary schools	85.7%	18	45.0	77.0	71.0	88.0	71.0	76.0		42.0		52.0	50.0	71.0	59.0
E C Nash School	Public	PK, KG-5	515 W Kelso St	Tucson	85705	Pima County	Amphitheater Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 696-6440	305	28	10.9		42 (13.8%)	22 (7.2%)	208 (68.2%)	8 (2.6%)	12 (3.9%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.3%)								(n/a)
Davidson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3950 E Paradise Falls Dr	Tucson	85712	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 232-6800	270	27	10.1		62 (23.0%)	29 (10.7%)	146 (54.1%)	7 (2.6%)	5 (1.9%)	4 (1.5%)	17 (6.3%)								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Rio Vista Elementary School

Is Rio Vista Elementary School a good school?

Rio Vista Elementary School ranks 677^th of 909 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

What district is Rio Vista Elementary School in?

Amphitheater Unified District

How many students attend Rio Vista Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 338 students attended Rio Vista Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Rio Vista Elementary School?

Students at Rio Vista Elementary School are 64% Hispanic, 19% White, 9% African American, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% Two or more races, 2% American Indian.

What schools do graduates of Rio Vista Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Rio Vista Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Amphitheater Middle School
High : Amphitheater High School

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