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Sunnyside High School

Public Grades 9-12

258^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 271 Arizona High Schools

Better than 5% of Arizona high schools

Summary

Sunnyside High School is a public high school located in Tucson, Arizona, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 2,221 students. The school is part of the Sunnyside Unified District, which is ranked 267 out of 289 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Sunnyside High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Arizona high schools over the past several years, with a ranking between 250-365 out of the state's high schools.

Sunnyside High School consistently underperforms the state and district averages in academic proficiency. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 8% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in science, 17% in English Language Arts, and 11% in mathematics, compared to the state averages of 19%, 40%, and 30%, respectively. The school's four-year graduation rate ranges from 75.1% to 79.9%, which is lower than the state average, and its dropout rate is higher, ranging from 4.1% to 6.1% during the same period. While the school ranks highly (top 21%) for African American students, it ranks much lower for other subgroups, such as Hispanic students (bottom 161-308) and White students (bottom 244-338).

Despite the school's overall low performance, the high ranking for African American students and English Language Learners in certain years suggests that Sunnyside High School may have some effective practices or programs that could be leveraged to improve outcomes for other student subgroups. The school's performance is generally similar to or slightly better than the other high schools in the Sunnyside Unified District, such as STAR Academic High School and Desert View High School, but it lags behind some of the nearby charter schools, such as Alta Vista High School, which has higher academic proficiency and graduation rates.

2,258

Students ?

23.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$6,519

Per pupil spending ?

71%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1725 E Bilby Rd
Tucson, AZ 85706-4499

(520) 545-5300

District: Sunnyside Unified District

Feeder schools for Sunnyside High School:

Elementary:	Drexel Elementary School
	Esperanza Elementary School
	Liberty Elementary School
	Mission Manor Elementary School
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	Rivera Elementary
Middle:	Apollo Middle School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

93.0%

American Indian:

2.1%

White:

1.9%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 4th percentile in 2015 → 5th in 2025

Strengths

✓89% graduate in 4 years — above the Arizona average (80%)

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (12% vs 30% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)

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

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school12%

District avg12%

Arizona avg30%

258^th of 271

Arizona public high schools ?

Bottom 5%▲ up 1 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 2High Schools in the Sunnyside Unified District

267^th of 289Sunnyside 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	12.5	258 of 271	4.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	258 of 270	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.8	361 of 469	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.4	355 of 464	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	365 of 509	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	10.1	279 of 285	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	21.1	303 of 420	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	26.5	271 of 416	34.9%	★★☆☆☆
2016	23.2	282 of 406	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2015	14.0	250 of 261	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2014	37.7	255 of 394	35.3%	★★☆☆☆
2013	44.7	269 of 491	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2012	40.4	281 of 471	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2011	36.3	249 of 397	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	37.2	257 of 403	36.2%	★★☆☆☆
2009	41.6	238 of 395	39.7%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	88.6	21 of 201	89.6%	★★★★★
2022	44.3	133 of 301	55.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.9	171 of 306	44.1%	★★☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	41.7	53 of 258	79.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	44.6	29 of 312	90.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	24.0	39 of 45	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	10.5	200 of 207	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.9	193 of 200	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	21.2	320 of 406	21.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.0	352 of 456	22.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.0	333 of 492	32.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	7.0	247 of 247	0.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.6	286 of 354	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Foster Care

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	30.5	48 of 116	58.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	34.6	38 of 130	70.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	15.1	161 of 176	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	14.1	155 of 170	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	22.8	308 of 379	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	324 of 441	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.5	308 of 479	35.7%	★★☆☆☆
2019	13.5	179 of 183	2.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	26.2	215 of 311	30.9%	★★☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	26.5	147 of 150	2.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	47.3	57 of 168	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	34.2	20 of 26	23.1%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	16.4	166 of 180	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.6	165 of 172	4.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	25.8	259 of 347	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	18.5	149 of 168	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	177 of 253	30.0%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	11.3	215 of 223	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.0	208 of 219	5.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.5	364 of 429	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.3	361 of 455	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.0	357 of 492	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.9	228 of 238	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.8	287 of 370	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	30.7	22 of 44	50.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	16.7	271 of 374	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	15.3	115 of 128	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	44.7	95 of 255	62.7%	★★★☆☆
2021	30.3	115 of 256	55.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	40.0	37 of 68	45.6%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	32.4	192 of 380	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	49.6	145 of 422	65.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	22.5	141 of 155	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	34.7	244 of 371	34.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	15.8	338 of 409	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.4	343 of 448	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.8	241 of 291	17.2%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2023)90th percentile+67 vs school

English Language Learner (2022)79th percentile+56 vs school

Foster Care (2022)59th percentile+35 vs school

Migrant (2022)50th percentile+27 vs school

Special Education (2022)49th percentile+26 vs school

White (2023)34th percentile+11 vs school

Multi-racial (2021)28th percentile~ school

Native American (2023)10th percentile-13 vs school

Hispanic (2025)9th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)8th percentile+3 vs school

Male (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)3rd percentile~ school

Homeless (2022)2nd percentile-21 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts17%-23 vs state

Mathematics11%-19 vs state

Science8%-11 vs state

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Schools Near Sunnyside High School

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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 11th Grade	AASA Mathematics 11th Grade	AzSCI Science 11th 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
PCJTED - Sunnyside High School	Public	9-12	1725 E Bilby Rd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 545-5300	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)					$00			$00
Sunnyside High School	Public	9-12	1725 E Bilby Rd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-5300	2,258	96	23.6		44 (1.9%)	41 (1.8%)	2,100 (93.0%)	5 (0.2%)	47 (2.1%)	1 (0.0%)	20 (0.9%)	12.5	258^th of 271 public high schools	4.8%		11.7	258^th of 270 public high schools	4.4%		17.0	11.0	8.0	$6,519	$423	$22	$867	$5,439	$635	$6,074
Alta Vista High School	Public, Charter	9-12	5040 S Campbell Ave	Tucson	85706	Pima County	American Charter Schools Foundation d.b.a. Alta Vi	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 294-4922	495	23	22.0		14 (2.8%)	5 (1.0%)	466 (94.1%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	15.3	238^th of 271 public high schools	12.2%		15.5	238^th of 270 public high schools	11.9%		21.0	17.0			$00			$00
PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center	Public, Charter	9-12	1840 E Benson Hwy	Tucson	85714	Pima County	Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. (	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 741-4388	116	15	7.7		6 (5.2%)	7 (6.0%)	96 (82.8%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (6.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					$00			$00
STAR Academic High School	Public	6-12	5093 S Liberty Ave	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-2300	265	12	21.7		7 (2.6%)	9 (3.4%)	222 (83.8%)	1 (0.4%)	20 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.3%)								(n/a)				$6,955	$592	$00	$1,184	$6,051	$312	$6,363
PJCTED - Star Academic High School	Public	9-12	5093 S Liberty Ave	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(520) 545-2300	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Toltecali High School	Public, Charter	9-12	251 W Irvington Rd	Tucson	85714	Pima County	CPLC Community Schools dba Toltecalli High School	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 807-7923	126	10	13.1		0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	119 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)								(n/a)					$00			$00
PCJTED - Desert View High School	Public	9-12	4101 E Valencia Rd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 545-5100	1				0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)					$00			$00
Desert View High School	Public	9-12	4101 E Valencia Rd	Tucson	85706	Pima County	Sunnyside Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 545-5100	2,102	101	20.7		78 (3.7%)	86 (4.1%)	1,830 (87.1%)	11 (0.5%)	68 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (1.4%)	14.9	245^th of 271 public high schools	9.6%		12.7	248^th of 270 public high schools	8.1%	3	22.0	11.0	10.0	$6,565	$539	$23	$1,102	$5,275	$727	$6,002
PCJTED - Aztec Middle College Desert Vista	Public	9-12	5901 S Calle Santa Cruz	Tucson	85709	Pima County	Pima County JTED	No	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 745-4588	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)

Frequently Asked Questions about Sunnyside High School

What schools feed into Sunnyside High School?

Sunnyside High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Drexel Elementary School
Elementary : Esperanza Elementary School
Elementary : Liberty Elementary School
Elementary : Mission Manor Elementary School
Elementary : Rivera Elementary
Middle : Apollo Middle School

Is Sunnyside High School a good school?

Sunnyside High School ranks in the bottom 4.8% of Arizona high schools.

What district is Sunnyside High School in?

Sunnyside Unified District

How many students attend Sunnyside High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 2,258 students attended Sunnyside High School.

What is the racial makeup of Sunnyside High School?

Students at Sunnyside High School are 93% Hispanic, 2% American Indian, 2% White, 2% African American.

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