Summary:
ZIP code 85730 has six schools—four elementary, one middle and one high school—serving grades K–12 overall; five cover some or all of K–8, while Santa Rita High School serves grades 8–12. Across the five elementary and middle schools, average proficiency was 34% in English Language Arts (ELA) and 25% in math, compared with state results of 41% and 33%. The most important finding is the wide spread between schools: math proficiency ranged from 8% to 40%, a 32-point difference.
Sonoran Science Academy East led the elementary and middle schools, with 47% ELA proficiency—12 points above the next-highest result, Ford Elementary at 35%—and 40% in math, 11 points above La Paloma Academy (Lakeside) at 29%. At the other end, Secrist Middle School had the lowest results: 8% in math, 18 points below the next-lowest school, Irene Erickson Elementary School at 26%; its 27% ELA result was 2 points below Irene Erickson’s 29%. Sonoran also led the reported fifth-grade science results at 52%, 18 points above the state. Santa Rita’s graduation rate was 83.3%, above the state’s 80% and Tucson Unified District’s 82.7%, despite its 11th-grade ELA proficiency of 18% versus 38% statewide.
SchoolDigger rankings moved in different directions: Irene Erickson rose from percentile rank 19 in 2024–25 to 31 in 2025–26, while Sonoran fell from 60 to 53. Staffing figures do not show a simple link to results: Ford had the lowest reported student–teacher ratio, 10.4, but its ELA and math results were below state levels; Secrist’s ratio was 12.5, yet its math result was the lowest. La Paloma had 855 students and a 26.7 ratio, compared with Sonoran’s 467 students and 17.9 ratio, while Sonoran’s proficiency was higher in both subjects. The available data include only one AASA year, and free/reduced-lunch figures are blank, so proficiency trends and income comparisons cannot be assessed.
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