Florence K-8

Florence K-8 is a public elementary school serving 758 students in grades PK-8 in the Florence Unified School District in Florence, Arizona. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Arizona elementary schools, with a 1-2 star rating out of 5 from SchoolDigger, indicating it is performing well below the state average.

Florence K-8 struggles across multiple student subgroups, with low rankings for female, male, Hispanic, White, and multi-racial students. The school performs particularly poorly for African American and special education students, ranking in the bottom 10-15% of Arizona elementary schools. Proficiency rates on state assessments are significantly below state and district averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, only 20% of 5th graders were proficient in science compared to the state average of 34%. The school also has relatively high dropout rates, ranging from 3.2% to 6.1% in recent years.

Interestingly, the other schools in the Florence Unified School District, such as Walker Butte K-8 and Magma Ranch K8 School, perform similarly to Florence K-8 and also struggle with low rankings and test scores. However, the charter school Imagine Coolidge Elementary, which is about 9 miles away in the Coolidge Unified District, significantly outperforms Florence K-8 across most metrics.