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Copper Ridge Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
247th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 900 Arizona Elementary Schools
Better than 73% of Arizona elementary schools
Summary

Copper Ridge Elementary serves 366 students in prekindergarten through grade 5 in Corona de Tucson, Arizona, as part of the Vail Unified District. Its latest reported all-grades results are 53% proficient in English language arts (ELA) and 57% in math; fifth-grade science proficiency is 55%. The clearest concern is third-grade ELA: 35% of students were proficient, compared with 39% statewide and 55% in the district, and Copper Ridge scored below eight of the nine nearby schools with results for that grade. This makes third-grade ELA the most important academic weakness in the available results.

Math is the school’s strongest subject compared with the state: 57% proficiency is 24 points above the state’s 33% and 2 points above the district’s 55%. Copper Ridge is also about 6 points above the nearby-school math average of 51%. ELA is 12 points above the state, but 7 points below the district and 1 point below the nearby-school average of 54%; among its five same-district peers, Copper Ridge has the lowest ELA result and ties for the lowest math result. Fifth-grade ELA is a bright spot at 63%—25 points above the state and 6 above the district, as well as 11 points above the nearby-school average. The 28-point difference between third- and fifth-grade ELA results is notable, though the scores reflect different student groups.

Copper Ridge remains above the state in its reported subjects, but its SchoolDigger standing has slipped from a recent high: it fell from the 92nd percentile and 5 stars in 2023–24 to the 73rd percentile and 4 stars in 2025–26. Fifth-grade science has also varied, rising from 63% in 2022–23 to 75% in 2023–24 before falling to 55% in 2024–25; that latest result is 21 points above the state but 4 below the district. SchoolDigger’s statewide effectiveness rankings are lower for Female Students (57th percentile, down from 89th in 2023–24) and White Students (47th, down from 83rd). The student-teacher ratio is 17.1, close to the nearby-school average of 17.2; the 2022–23 free/reduced-lunch rate was 17%, and comparable nearby rates are unavailable.

366
Students ?
17.1
Student/teacher ratio ?
$6,378
Per pupil spending ?
17.5%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
 17650 S Canyon Edge Trl
       Corona de Tucson, AZ  85641-2449

(520) 879-3700

District: Vail Unified District

Racial breakdown:

White:
52.2%
Hispanic:
36.3%
Two or more races:
8.5%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 94th percentile in 2019 → 73rd in 2026
Strengths
✓Test scores above the Arizona average (55% vs 37% meeting standards)
✓Above the Arizona median (73rd percentile)
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped — down 21 percentile points since 2019
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Near the bottom of Vail Unified District's ranking
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school55%
District avg57%
Arizona avg37%
247th of 900
Arizona public elementary schools ?
Top 27%▼ down 22 pts since 2019
From top 6% (2019) to top 27% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
8th of 9Elementary Schools in the Vail Unified District
57th of 267Vail 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202669.2247 of 90072.6%★★★★☆
202579.6159 of 90982.5%★★★★☆
202489.477 of 91291.6%★★★★★
202389.5124 of 124590.0%★★★★★
202282.6140 of 100086.0%★★★★☆
202177.5270 of 122678.0%★★★★☆
201992.158 of 103994.4%★★★★★

Asian

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202150.9335 of 62046.0%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202654.2251 of 57956.6%★★★☆☆
202576.0110 of 58981.3%★★★★☆
202483.265 of 60289.2%★★★★☆
202387.2130 of 121989.3%★★★★☆
202275.7150 of 82481.8%★★★★☆
202177.5251 of 121979.4%★★★★☆
201994.614 of 86298.4%★★★★★
201889.290 of 102391.2%★★★★★

Foster Care

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202146.8116 of 30662.1%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202679.980 of 50084.0%★★★★☆
202583.069 of 49686.1%★★★★☆
202494.516 of 48696.7%★★★★★
202392.149 of 117095.8%★★★★★
202284.771 of 71690.1%★★★★★
202176.0185 of 119884.6%★★★★☆
201992.432 of 70995.5%★★★★★
201880.6132 of 91185.5%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202497.514 of 55697.5%★★★★★
202381.0124 of 111688.9%★★★★☆
201896.910 of 82098.8%★★★★★

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202666.3167 of 59171.7%★★★★☆
202568.3166 of 62673.5%★★★★☆
202478.799 of 62884.2%★★★★☆
202388.0123 of 121689.9%★★★★☆
202278.8127 of 83084.7%★★★★☆
202173.9281 of 122077.0%★★★★☆
201979.4142 of 85083.3%★★★★☆
201882.9165 of 103284.0%★★★★☆

Military Connected

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202385.77 of 14595.2%★★★★★
202266.029 of 10171.3%★★★★☆
202158.093 of 23961.1%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202342.2390 of 61736.8%★★☆☆☆
202234.2348 of 44421.6%★☆☆☆☆
202160.4310 of 102769.8%★★★☆☆

Native American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202127.0641 of 6542.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202365.5176 of 82078.5%★★★★☆
202158.5309 of 120174.3%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202648.8230 of 43747.4%★★☆☆☆
202567.2129 of 46572.3%★★★★☆
202475.585 of 48682.5%★★★★☆
202381.2137 of 102486.6%★★★★☆
202272.4157 of 80080.4%★★★★☆
202170.5293 of 116174.8%★★★★☆
201983.653 of 59591.1%★★★★★
201883.787 of 72087.9%★★★★☆
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)
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)97th percentile+6 vs school
Military Connected (2023)95th percentile+5 vs school
Hispanic (2026)84th percentile+11 vs school
Special Education (2023)79th percentile-12 vs school
Male (2026)72nd percentile~ school
Foster Care (2021)62nd percentile-16 vs school
Female (2026)57th percentile-16 vs school
White (2026)47th percentile-25 vs school
Asian (2021)46th percentile-32 vs school
Multi-racial (2023)37th percentile-53 vs school
Native American (2021)2nd percentile-76 vs school
By subject vs Arizona (2025-2026) ?
Mathematics57%+24 vs state
English Language Arts53%+12 vs state

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Students at Copper Ridge Elementary are 52% White, 36% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 2% African American.

In the 2024-25 school year, 366 students attended Copper Ridge Elementary.

Copper Ridge Elementary ranks 247th of 900 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

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Latest Arizona data All new data »
2025–26 AASA test scoresNewOct 13, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesDec 2, 2025
2024–25 graduation ratesNov 7, 2025
2024–25 AASA & AzSCI test scoresOct 10, 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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