Summary:
Zip code 85743 has eight elementary schools: five serve K–8 and three serve pre-K–6, with 2025–26 English and math results and 2024–25 science results. Across the schools, average all-grades proficiency was 48% in English and 43% in math, compared with state results of 41% and 33%. Results vary sharply even between similar schools: Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary and Picture Rocks Elementary have nearly identical enrollment, but 5th-grade math proficiency is 70% at Rattlesnake Ridge and 30% at Picture Rocks. The most important takeaway is that area-wide averages hide large differences between individual schools.
Leman Academy of Excellence stands out in English, with 64% all-grades proficiency—23 points above the state—and a particularly strong 77% in 7th grade. Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary leads in all-grades math at 52%, 19 points above the state, and also has the highest reported results in 4th-, 5th- and 6th-grade math. At the lower end, Picture Rocks Elementary scores 31% in English and 26% in math, below state results in both subjects. Leman Virtual Academy has the lowest reported English result, 26%; its math result is suppressed. Leman Academy of Excellence East Mesa also posts strong all-grades results—62% in English and 50% in math—but has no reported grade-level results.
SchoolDigger’s statewide ranking percentiles were nearly unchanged on average across the six schools with rankings in both 2023–24 and 2025–26, moving from 57.7 to 58.0. Individual paths differed: East Tucson rose 10 points and Twin Peaks rose 7, while Coyote Trail fell 8; these rankings are not test scores. Staffing figures also don’t follow a simple pattern: East Mesa has 128 students and a 7.1 student–teacher ratio, while Rattlesnake Ridge has the highest listed ratio, 15.4, yet leads in math. Free/reduced-lunch rates are unavailable, and suppressed results prevent some school comparisons.
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