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C W Mcgraw Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
735th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 900 Arizona Elementary Schools
Better than 18% of Arizona elementary schools
Summary

C W Mcgraw Elementary School serves 511 students in prekindergarten through grade 6 in Yuma, Arizona, as part of the Yuma Elementary District. In 2025–26, 28% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA) and 18% in math, below the district rates of 32% and 20% and the state rates of 41% and 33%. The most important concern is that McGraw’s current results are low in both subjects, with math especially weak compared with the state and nearby schools.

Among nine nearby schools with all-grades results, McGraw’s ELA proficiency was about 9 percentage points below their average of about 37%, and its math proficiency was 11 points below their average of about 29%; in each subject, McGraw ranked second-lowest. Fifth grade is a particular concern: ELA proficiency was 21%, below every nearby school with a reported result, and math was 12%, below all four nearby results. Third-grade math is a relative bright spot at 37%, just 1 point below the state and 3 above the district. Science is strongest relative to district and nearby results: fifth-grade proficiency reached 30% in 2024–25, above the district’s 29% and the nearby-school average of 27%, though still below the state’s 34%.

Science has fluctuated, falling from 29% in 2022–23 to 21% in 2023–24 before rebounding to 30% in 2024–25. SchoolDigger places McGraw at the 18th statewide percentile with 1 star in 2025–26, the lowest percentile among nearby schools with reported rankings, which range from the 37th to the 49th; McGraw’s ranking rose from the 10th percentile in 2023–24, then slipped from 21 in 2024–25. Its student–teacher ratio was 18.2 in 2024–25, near the middle of nearby schools, and its reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 88% in 2022–23. SchoolDigger’s historical measure of how well the school serves student groups ranked Special Education Students at the 95th percentile and English Language Learner Students at the 83rd in 2020–21; the English Language Learner ranking later fell to the 33rd percentile in 2022–23. These subgroup rankings are from earlier years, and nearby schools vary in grade span.

511
Students ?
18.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$7,512
Per pupil spending ?
75.9%
Directly certified for free meals (2024-25) ?
93.2%
Kindergartners fully immunized against measles (MMR) (2025-26)
Exemptions: 1.4% (any vaccine)
 2345 S Arizona Ave
       Yuma, AZ  85364-8537

(928) 502-7700

District: Yuma Elementary District


Students who attend C W Mcgraw Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Gila Vista Junior High School
High:    Kofa High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
89.2%
White:
6.5%
African American:
1.4%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 30th percentile in 2016 → 18th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Arizona average (23% vs 37% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (18th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school23%
District avg26%
Arizona avg37%
735th of 900
Arizona public elementary schools ?
Bottom 18%▼ down 12 pts since 2016
From bottom 30% (2016) to bottom 18% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
9th of 9Elementary Schools in the Yuma Elementary District
209th of 267Yuma Elementary 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
202618.0735 of 90018.3%★☆☆☆☆
202518.4722 of 90920.6%★☆☆☆☆
202413.0822 of 9129.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202331.5792 of 124536.4%★★☆☆☆
202216.9814 of 100018.6%★☆☆☆☆
202127.9829 of 122632.4%★★☆☆☆
201944.6526 of 103949.4%★★☆☆☆
201843.8557 of 110949.8%★★☆☆☆
201733.5703 of 110636.4%★★☆☆☆
201628.3756 of 107929.9%★★☆☆☆
201521.1757 of 95520.7%★☆☆☆☆
201422.9879 of 107918.5%★☆☆☆☆
201337.7779 of 115832.7%★★☆☆☆
201227.0938 of 114117.8%★☆☆☆☆
201139.2667 of 107538.0%★★☆☆☆
201041.6646 of 109040.7%★★☆☆☆
200934.4732 of 106231.1%★★☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202122.2856 of 8954.4%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202327.6303 of 45132.8%★★☆☆☆
202152.4165 of 97583.1%★★★★☆
201843.774 of 15552.3%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202628.2431 of 57925.6%★☆☆☆☆
20256.2576 of 5892.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.9598 of 6020.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202332.0776 of 121936.3%★★☆☆☆
202124.5921 of 121924.4%★☆☆☆☆
201942.4463 of 86246.3%★★☆☆☆
201850.6462 of 102354.8%★★★☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202611.4478 of 5004.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202519.8414 of 49616.5%★☆☆☆☆
202414.0449 of 4867.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202337.1714 of 117039.0%★★☆☆☆
202215.6649 of 7169.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202133.3763 of 119836.3%★★☆☆☆
201949.3326 of 70954.0%★★★☆☆
201853.7359 of 91160.6%★★★☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202316.391 of 10210.8%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202631.4352 of 52933.5%★★☆☆☆
202524.6424 of 54922.8%★☆☆☆☆
202438.9315 of 55643.3%★★☆☆☆
202337.1684 of 111638.7%★★☆☆☆
202224.8491 of 61820.6%★☆☆☆☆
201864.9231 of 82071.8%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202513.2550 of 62612.1%★☆☆☆☆
202329.3824 of 121632.2%★★☆☆☆
202216.7712 of 83014.2%★☆☆☆☆
202135.4719 of 122041.1%★★☆☆☆
201932.2538 of 85036.7%★★☆☆☆
201845.6519 of 103249.7%★★☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202343.917 of 3754.1%★★★☆☆
202135.936 of 6040.0%★★☆☆☆

Military Connected

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202163.478 of 23967.4%★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202144.4543 of 102747.1%★★☆☆☆

Native American

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

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202181.263 of 120194.8%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
202326.0805 of 102421.4%★☆☆☆☆
202223.5679 of 80015.1%★☆☆☆☆
202143.7657 of 116143.4%★★☆☆☆
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)95th percentile+62 vs school
Military Connected (2021)67th percentile+35 vs school
Migrant (2023)54th percentile+18 vs school
Multi-racial (2021)47th percentile+15 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)33rd percentile+15 vs school
English Language Learner (2023)33rd percentile-4 vs school
Female (2026)26th percentile+7 vs school
White (2023)21st percentile-15 vs school
Male (2025)12th percentile-8 vs school
Homeless (2023)11th percentile-26 vs school
Hispanic (2026)4th percentile-14 vs school
African American (2021)4th percentile-28 vs school
Native American (2021)2nd percentile-30 vs school
By subject vs Arizona (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts28%-13 vs state
Mathematics18%-15 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about C W Mcgraw Elementary School

Students at C W Mcgraw Elementary School are 89% Hispanic, 6% White, 1% African American, 1% Two or more races, 1% American Indian.

C W Mcgraw Elementary School ranks in the bottom 18.3% of Arizona elementary schools.

Students who attend C W Mcgraw Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Gila Vista Junior High School
High : Kofa High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 511 students attended C W Mcgraw Elementary School.

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Latest Arizona data All new data »
2015–16 through 2025–26 immunization rates (updated)NewOct 19, 2026
2025–26 AASA test scoresOct 13, 2026
2024–25 dropout ratesDec 2, 2025
2024–25 graduation ratesNov 7, 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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