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NUSD Online

Public, Virtual, Alternative Grades K-12
Summary

NUSD Online is a virtual public school serving students from kindergarten through 12th grade in Nogales, Arizona, with a student population of 142. The school is part of the Nogales Unified District, which is ranked 360 out of 540 school districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

NUSD Online faces significant challenges in serving its student population effectively. The school has a very low 4-year graduation rate of 8.3% and high dropout rates ranging from 4.3% to 27.7% in recent years. Academically, NUSD Online students consistently underperform compared to the Nogales Unified District and the state of Arizona in standardized test scores across various subjects and grade levels. For example, in the 2022-2023 school year, only 5% of NUSD Online's 11th-grade students were proficient or better in Science and English Language Arts, compared to 12% and 30% for the district, respectively.

Additionally, NUSD Online's spending per student has fluctuated significantly, ranging from $1,612 in 2021-2022 to $30,509 in 2018-2019, and the school has a very high student-teacher ratio of 142:1. These factors suggest that NUSD Online may be facing challenges in securing stable funding and staffing resources, which could be contributing to the school's struggles in supporting its students' academic and developmental needs.

209
Students ?
52.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$1,612
Per pupil spending ?
11.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 451 N Arroyo Blvd
       Nogales, AZ  85621

(520) 287-0915

District: Nogales Unified District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
99.0%
White:
1.0%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 37th percentile in 2021 → 4th in 2023
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Arizona average (16% vs 34% meeting standards)
!Dropout rate above the Arizona average (11% vs 5%)
!Ranking has slipped — down 33 percentile points since 2021
Students meeting standards (2022-2023) ?
This school16%
District avg25%
Arizona avg34%
Not ranked this year
NUSD Online did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
218th of 289Nogales 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)
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202312.9450 of 4694.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202210.2463 of 4640.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202129.7323 of 50936.5%★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202144.629 of 31290.7%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202138.1260 of 49247.2%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202312.5367 of 3793.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202129.7326 of 47931.9%★★☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202312.4407 of 4295.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.7378 of 45516.9%★☆☆☆☆
202124.7361 of 49226.6%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202157.0169 of 44862.3%★★★☆☆
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)
Middle school
Hispanic (2023)53rd percentile+8 vs school
Female (2023)51st percentile+6 vs school
High school
English Language Learner (2021)91st percentile+54 vs school
White (2021)62nd percentile+26 vs school
Female (2021)47th percentile+11 vs school
Male (2023)5th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2023)3rd percentile~ school
By subject vs Arizona (2022-2023) ?
English Language Arts24%-16 vs state
Mathematics11%-20 vs state
Science5%-17 vs state

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Students at NUSD Online are 99% Hispanic.

In the 2024-25 school year, 209 students attended NUSD Online.

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Latest Arizona data All new data »
2024–25 dropout ratesDec 2, 2025
2024–25 graduation ratesNov 7, 2025
2024–25 AASA & AzSCI test scoresOct 10, 2025
2023–24 dropout ratesJun 30, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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