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W V Whitmore Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6

716^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 900 Arizona Elementary Schools

Better than 20% of Arizona elementary schools

Summary

W V Whitmore Elementary School serves 362 students in grades PK–6 in Tucson and is part of Tucson Unified District. SchoolDigger places it at the 20th percentile with 1 star for 2025–2026, below most nearby schools with current rankings. The most important finding is that Whitmore’s latest all-grade results trail the state and nearby-school averages in both ELA and math.

Math is Whitmore’s strongest subject relative to its district, while ELA is weaker: in 2025–2026, 22% of students were proficient in math, 1 percentage point above the district but 11 below the state; ELA proficiency was 25%, 4 points below the district and 16 below the state. Compared with nine nearby schools reporting results, Whitmore was 12 points below their 37% average in ELA and 9 points below their 31% average in math. Results vary by grade: third-grade ELA was a relative bright spot at 35%, above the district’s 26% and 4 points below the state’s 39%. By contrast, fourth-grade ELA was 27%, the second-lowest among eight nearby schools with results, and fifth-grade math was 25%, the lowest among five nearby schools reporting that score.

SchoolDigger’s overall percentile fell from 55 in 2015–2016 to 20 in 2025–2026, though the more recent sequence was not a steady decline: it was 17 in 2022–2023 and 30 in 2023–2024 before reaching 20. Among nearby schools with current rankings, only John B Wright Elementary School ranked lower. Whitmore’s student-teacher ratio was 17.1:1 in 2024–2025, above the nearby-school average of 13.8:1; only La Paloma Academy and Adventure School had higher ratios. In SchoolDigger’s statewide measure of how well it serves special education students, Whitmore ranked at the 48th percentile in 2020–2021, compared with the school’s overall 27th percentile that year; its ranking for how well it serves male students shifted from the 36th percentile in 2017–2018 to the 7th in 2022–2023. The reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 23% in 2022–2023, but nearby figures are unavailable, and some grade-level scores are suppressed.

362

Students ?

17.1

Student/teacher ratio ?

$1,404

Per pupil spending ?

66.0%

Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?

94.3%

Kindergartners fully immunized against measles (MMR) (2025-26)

Exemptions: 3.8% (any vaccine)

5330 E Glenn St
Tucson, AZ 85712-1319

(520) 232-8000

District: Tucson Unified District

Students who attend W V Whitmore Elementary School usually attend:

High:	Catalina High School
	University High School
Alternative:	Tucson Unified Virtual Academy

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

43.4%

White:

30.1%

African American:

10.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 44th percentile in 2014 → 20th in 2026

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (23% vs 37% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 24 percentile points since 2014

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school23%

District avg25%

Arizona avg37%

716^th of 900

Arizona public elementary schools ?

Bottom 20%▼ down 35 pts since 2016

From top 45% (2016) to bottom 20% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

21^st of 30Elementary Schools in the Tucson Unified District

200^th of 267Tucson 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)

Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2026	19.2	716 of 900	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.5	636 of 912	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	18.5	1032 of 1245	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.1	893 of 1226	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	37.3	592 of 1039	43.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	36.6	656 of 1109	40.8%	★★☆☆☆
2017	33.8	699 of 1106	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2016	50.7	481 of 1079	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2015	38.1	522 of 955	45.3%	★★☆☆☆
2014	44.7	604 of 1079	44.0%	★★☆☆☆
2013	58.4	477 of 1158	58.8%	★★★☆☆
2012	54.9	513 of 1141	55.0%	★★★☆☆
2011	55.3	469 of 1075	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2010	50.5	527 of 1090	51.7%	★★★☆☆
2009	67.4	366 of 1062	65.5%	★★★☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2022	28.7	252 of 289	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	37.9	527 of 895	41.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	21.2	975 of 1219	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.2	867 of 1219	28.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.9	419 of 862	51.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	33.1	664 of 1023	35.1%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	24.6	921 of 1170	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	22.8	1002 of 1198	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	45.8	442 of 911	51.5%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	20.2	969 of 1116	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	13.4	1135 of 1216	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	26.1	878 of 1220	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.7	663 of 1032	35.8%	★★☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	34.9	465 of 617	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.8	735 of 1027	28.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	29.9	482 of 654	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	40.4	620 of 1201	48.4%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	9.7	983 of 1024	4.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	29.4	883 of 1161	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.5	624 of 720	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆

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)

Special Education (2021)48th percentile+21 vs school

Native American (2021)26th percentile~ school

Multi-racial (2023)25th percentile+8 vs school

Hispanic (2023)21st percentile+4 vs school

Female (2023)20th percentile+3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2023)13th percentile-4 vs school

African American (2022)13th percentile

Male (2023)7th percentile-10 vs school

White (2023)4th percentile-13 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2025-2026) ?

English Language Arts25%-16 vs state

Mathematics22%-11 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				AASA English Language Arts (2026)							AASA Mathematics (2026)							Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	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 English Language Arts All Grades	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners fully immunized against measles (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	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
W V Whitmore Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5330 E Glenn St	Tucson	85712	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 232-8000	362	21	17.1	66.0%	109 (30.1%)	39 (10.8%)	157 (43.4%)	9 (2.5%)	2 (0.6%)	12 (3.3%)	34 (9.4%)	19.2	716^th of 900 public elementary schools	20.4%					(n/a)	35.0	27.0					25.0			25.0				22.0	94.3%	3.8%	$1,404	$297	$13	$310	$947	$148	$1,094
Adventure School	Public, Charter	K-8	5757 E Pima St	Tucson	85718	Pima County	Educational Impact Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 296-0656	141	7	20.1	61.0%	38 (27.0%)	3 (2.1%)	85 (60.3%)	3 (2.1%)	5 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.0%)								(n/a)							36.0							23.0			$13,791	$554	$2,033	$2,587	$6,581	$4,622	$11,203
Desert Sky Community School	Public, Charter	K-5	1350 N Arcadia Ave	Tucson	85712	Pima County	Desert Sky Community School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 745-3888	38	7	5.4	60.5%	23 (60.5%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (28.9%)	2 (5.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (5.3%)								(n/a)																	$27,661	$83	$2,584	$2,667	$17,776	$7,218	$24,994
Leman Academy of Excellence - Central Tucson	Public, Charter	K-8	6180 E Pima St	Tucson	85712	Pima County	Leman Academy of Excellence Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(520) 462-1202	731	55	13.2	—	261 (35.7%)	20 (2.7%)	385 (52.7%)	11 (1.5%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	45 (6.2%)	38.4	480^th of 900 public elementary schools	46.7%		50	387^th of 909 public elementary schools	57.4%	93	41.0	40.0	46.0	30.0	28.0	38.0	37.0	32.0	42.0	50.0	23.0	16.0		30.0	97.4%	1.3%
John B Wright Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4311 E Linden St	Tucson	85712	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 232-8100	410	31	13.1	74.4%	59 (14.4%)	91 (22.2%)	193 (47.1%)	15 (3.7%)	15 (3.7%)	18 (4.4%)	19 (4.6%)	15.1	786^th of 900 public elementary schools	12.7%		18.1	727^th of 909 public elementary schools	20.0%	59		24.0	20.0				19.0			33.0				20.0			$1,741	$266	$45	$311	$807	$623	$1,430
La Paloma Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	2050 N Wilmot Rd	Tucson	85712	Pima County	Arizona Community Development Corporation	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 721-4205	632	28	22.5	62.7%	121 (19.1%)	85 (13.4%)	401 (63.4%)	5 (0.8%)	7 (1.1%)	3 (0.5%)	10 (1.6%)	24.1	634^th of 900 public elementary schools	29.6%		19.6	710^th of 909 public elementary schools	21.9%	76	33.0	44.0	20.0	19.0	22.0		25.0	34.0	32.0	36.0				19.0	86.5%	3.8%
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	73.7%	62 (23.0%)	29 (10.7%)	146 (54.1%)	7 (2.6%)	5 (1.9%)	4 (1.5%)	17 (6.3%)								(n/a)		45.0					21.0							17.0	85.4%	4.9%	$1,920	$321	$56	$377	$1,078	$465	$1,543
W Arthur Sewel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	425 N Sahuara Ave	Tucson	85711	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 584-7200	200	15	13.2	64.0%	54 (27.0%)	11 (5.5%)	112 (56.0%)	4 (2.0%)	1 (0.5%)	4 (2.0%)	14 (7.0%)	56.6	337^th of 900 public elementary schools	62.6%		67.4	272^nd of 909 public elementary schools	70.1%	65		44.0					40.0	60.0	44.0					46.0	95.7%	4.3%	$1,656	$271	$06	$276	$929	$451	$1,380
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%)	75.5	190^th of 900 public elementary schools	78.9%		81.1	148^th of 909 public elementary schools	83.7%	42	50.0	48.0	63.0	92.0		78.0	67.0						67.0	37.0			$38,749	$713		$713	$26,796	$11,240	$38,036
Howell Peter Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	401 N Irving Ave	Tucson	85711	Pima County	Tucson Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 232-7200	237	23	10.5	69.2%	62 (26.2%)	28 (11.8%)	106 (44.7%)	7 (3.0%)	15 (6.3%)	4 (1.7%)	15 (6.3%)								(n/a)							22.0							20.0	97%	0%	$1,974	$298	$50	$347	$1,272	$355	$1,626

Frequently Asked Questions about W V Whitmore Elementary School

Is W V Whitmore Elementary School a good school?

W V Whitmore Elementary School ranks in the bottom 20.4% of Arizona elementary schools.

What district is W V Whitmore Elementary School in?

Tucson Unified District

What is the racial makeup of W V Whitmore Elementary School?

Students at W V Whitmore Elementary School are 43% Hispanic, 30% White, 11% African American, 9% Two or more races, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% Asian.

How many students attend W V Whitmore Elementary School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 362 students attended W V Whitmore Elementary School.

What schools do graduates of W V Whitmore Elementary School attend?

Students who attend W V Whitmore Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Catalina High School
High : University High School
Alternative : Tucson Unified Virtual Academy

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