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San Cayetano Elementary School

Public Grades K-5

766^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 909 Arizona Elementary Schools

Better than 16% of Arizona elementary schools

Summary

San Cayetano Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades K-5 in Rio Rico, Arizona, with 404 students. The school is part of the Santa Cruz Valley Unified District, which is ranked 250 out of 289 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

San Cayetano Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Arizona elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a current ranking of 766 out of 909 schools. The school's academic performance is significantly below state averages, with proficiency rates ranging from 16-34% across various subjects and grade levels, compared to state averages of 34-46%. The school also struggles to effectively serve certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic, English Language Learner, and Special Education students, who perform particularly poorly compared to their peers statewide.

While San Cayetano Elementary faces significant challenges, there are some higher-performing elementary schools within a reasonable distance, such as Little Red Schoolhouse and Francisco Vasquez De Coronado Elementary School, which demonstrate that strong academic outcomes are possible in the local area. Additionally, the school's past performance suggests it may have the potential to improve with the right strategies and support, particularly in addressing the unique needs of its diverse student population.

395

Students ?

20.4

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,250

Per pupil spending ?

68.7%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1412 W Frontage Rd
Rio Rico, AZ 85648-6271

(520) 375-8300

District: Santa Cruz Valley Unified District

Students who attend San Cayetano Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Coatimundi Middle School
High:	Rio Rico High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

96.7%

White:

2.8%

African American:

0.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 59th percentile in 2015 → 16th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (25% vs 39% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 43 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school25%

District avg24%

Arizona avg39%

766^th of 909

Arizona public elementary schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 43 pts since 2015

From top 41% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 3Elementary Schools in the Santa Cruz Valley Unified District

250^th of 289Santa Cruz Valley 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	16.0	766 of 909	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.7	703 of 912	22.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	37.5	715 of 1245	42.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	23.5	708 of 1000	29.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.8	872 of 1226	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	40.2	560 of 1039	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.8	511 of 1109	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2017	36.6	665 of 1106	39.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	48.9	497 of 1079	53.9%	★★★☆☆
2015	52.9	394 of 955	58.7%	★★★☆☆
2014	68.4	352 of 1079	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2013	67.2	369 of 1158	68.1%	★★★☆☆
2012	62.2	428 of 1141	62.5%	★★★☆☆
2011	48.3	544 of 1075	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2010	49.4	545 of 1090	50.0%	★★★☆☆
2009	40.8	651 of 1062	38.7%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	38.9	826 of 975	15.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	65.9	18 of 155	88.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	35.0	725 of 1219	40.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	33.3	568 of 824	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	27.8	860 of 1219	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.4	551 of 862	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.7	541 of 1023	47.1%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	18.4	426 of 496	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.2	373 of 486	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	45.6	572 of 1170	51.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	29.4	516 of 716	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.4	803 of 1198	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	48.1	336 of 709	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	54.8	353 of 911	61.3%	★★★☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	43.6	187 of 423	55.8%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	427 of 549	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.1	390 of 556	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	51.1	475 of 1116	57.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.2	443 of 618	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	54.6	332 of 820	59.5%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2024	23.7	473 of 628	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.0	673 of 1216	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2022	19.8	678 of 830	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.2	922 of 1220	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.5	533 of 850	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.1	502 of 1032	51.4%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	22.8	1150 of 1201	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	24.4	668 of 800	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Homeless (2021)56th percentile+27 vs school

Female (2023)41st percentile~ school

Male (2024)25th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)22nd percentile+6 vs school

White (2022)16th percentile-13 vs school

English Language Learner (2021)15th percentile-14 vs school

Hispanic (2025)14th percentile~ school

Special Education (2021)4th percentile-25 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics27%-13 vs state

English Language Arts25%-15 vs state

Science16%-18 vs state

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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 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
San Cayetano Elementary School	Public	K-5	1412 W Frontage Rd	Rio Rico	85648	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 375-8300	395	19	20.4		11 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	382 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	16	766^th of 909 public elementary schools	15.7%		19.7	703^rd of 912 public elementary schools	22.9%	63	21.0	28.0	27.0				23.0	23.0	34.0			16.0		$8,250	$509	$165	$1,184	$6,303	$1,272	$7,575
Mountain View School	Public	K-5	1374 W Frontage Rd	Rio Rico	85648	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 375-8401	406	21	19.0		6 (1.5%)	2 (0.5%)	396 (97.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22.1	673^rd of 909 public elementary schools	26.0%		21.7	673^rd of 912 public elementary schools	26.2%		26.0	43.0	22.0				33.0	26.0	28.0			24.0		$7,991	$796	$291	$1,883	$5,985	$919	$6,904
Calabasas School	Public	PK, KG-8	1374 W Frontage Rd	Rio Rico	85648	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 375-8600	917	42	21.9		4 (0.4%)	2 (0.2%)	907 (98.9%)	3 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.1	823^rd of 909 public elementary schools	9.5%		11.8	843^rd of 912 public elementary schools	7.6%	20	21.0	20.0	24.0	27.0	29.0	32.0	19.0		25.0	16.0	11.0	20.0	24.0	$7,405	$644	$199	$1,487	$5,750	$812	$6,562
Robert Bracker Elementary	Public	K-5	121 Camino Diez Mandamientos	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 397-7213	272	16	17.0		1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	269 (98.9%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	56.4	340^th of 909 public elementary schools	62.6%		52.2	390^th of 912 public elementary schools	57.2%	50	50.0	64.0	40.0				56.0	49.0	40.0			29.0		$7,928	$560	$80	$1,200	$6,714	$574	$7,288
Francisco Vasquez De Coronado Elementary School	Public	K-5	2301 N Al Harrison Rd	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 377-2885	508	26	19.5		4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	502 (98.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55.2	348^th of 909 public elementary schools	61.7%		59.7	334^th of 912 public elementary schools	63.4%	14	43.0	61.0	43.0				53.0	52.0	45.0			26.0		$6,391	$505	$39	$1,049	$5,367	$480	$5,847
Mexicayotl Charter School	Public, Charter	K-8	2059 N Grand Ave	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Mexicayotl Academy Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 624-4018	168	14	12.0		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	167 (99.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	87	96^th of 909 public elementary schools	89.4%		93.8	47^th of 912 public elementary schools	94.8%	49	55.0			72.0	80.0		70.0							$14,147	$1,081	$2,342	$4,505	$7,465	$3,259	$10,724
Challenger Elementary School	Public	K-5	901 E Calle Mayer	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 377-0544	380	24	15.8		1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	379 (99.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	15.8	769^th of 909 public elementary schools	15.4%		22.3	661^st of 912 public elementary schools	27.5%	108	29.0	31.0	23.0				25.0	24.0	17.0					$8,420	$612	$61	$1,285	$7,252	$495	$7,747
Little Red Schoolhouse	Public	PK, KG-8	7 Duquesne Rd	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 287-0737	131	9	14.2		3 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	127 (96.9%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						50.0									$00			$00
Mary L Welty Elementary School	Public	K-5	1050 W Cimarron St	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 287-0880	381	19	20.0		0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	381 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	17.7	736^th of 909 public elementary schools	19.0%		13.9	805^th of 912 public elementary schools	11.7%	69	22.0	38.0	23.0				36.0	22.0	18.0			20.0		$6,707	$383	$71	$838	$5,772	$481	$6,253
A J Mitchell Elementary School	Public	K-5	855 N Bautista St	Nogales	85621	Santa Cruz County	Nogales Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 287-0840	301	18	16.7		1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	299 (99.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)		29.0												$7,130	$450	$142	$1,043	$5,948	$589	$6,537

Frequently Asked Questions about San Cayetano Elementary School

What district is San Cayetano Elementary School in?

Santa Cruz Valley Unified District

What schools do graduates of San Cayetano Elementary School attend?

Students who attend San Cayetano Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Coatimundi Middle School
High : Rio Rico High School

What is the racial makeup of San Cayetano Elementary School?

Students at San Cayetano Elementary School are 97% Hispanic, 3% White.

Is San Cayetano Elementary School a good school?

San Cayetano Elementary School ranks in the bottom 15.7% of Arizona elementary schools.

How many students attend San Cayetano Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 395 students attended San Cayetano Elementary School.

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