North Pima News

In the 2021-22 school year, 67% of Catalina Foothills Unified District students passed their AASA/ACT Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 2,680 students who took the AASA/ACT were assessed at four proficiency levels in each subject. Those achieving proficiency level one and two failed the test, while students reaching the third and fourth proficiency level passed the test.

Of those who passed, most achieved proficiency level four.

Catalina Foothills Unified District roughly covers schools within Pima County and has a main office in Tucson.

Math scores fell the most from 2019 to 2022, while language arts scores decreased to a lesser extent from 2019 to 2022, according to the Nation's Report Card.

In 2022 Arizona had roughly one teacher for every 19 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students’ school performance.

Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School Name	% Who Passed	Number of students tested
Sunrise Drive Elementary School	76%	297
Catalina Foothills High School	71%	< 10
Ventana Vista Elementary School	70%	228
Manzanita School	69%	325
Canyon View Elementary School	68%	218
Orange Grove Middle School	61%	663
Esperero Canyon Middle School	59%	511