PHX Reporter

20 percent of AAEC - Paradise Valley students scored far below academic standards on Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards - Science (AIMS) test during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

54 percent of students at the school are meeting or exceeding academic standards.

The AIMS test is a standards-based test used to measure a student's proficiency in science based on the state’s academic standards. The AIMS test is administered three times with students taking the test in the fourth grade, eighth grade, and one more time in high school.

Rank	School Name	Students who scored below standards (%)
1	Yuma High School	81
2	San Luis High School	78
3	Catalina High School	77
4	Monument Valley High School	76
5	Glendale Union High School District Online Learning Academy	75
6	Cholla High School	72
6	Pueblo High School	72
8	Alhambra High School	71
8	Desert View High School	71
8	Rio Rico High School	71
11	Douglas High School	70
11	Tuba City High School	70
11	Globe High School	70
11	Kingman High School	70
15	Chino Valley High School	69
16	Chinle High School	68
16	South Mountain High School	68
16	Palo Verde High Magnet School	68
16	Kofa High School	68
20	Camelback High School	67
20	Sahuarita High School	67
22	Window Rock High School	66
22	Maryvale High School	66
24	Coronado High School	65
24	Sunnyside High School	65
24	Imagine Preparatory Superstition	65
27	Center for Academic Success the #1	64
27	Sierra Linda High School	64
27	Imagine Preparatory Coolidge	64
30	Coolidge High School	63
31	Buckeye Union High School	62
31	Trevor Browne High School	62
31	Blue Ridge High School	62
31	South Ridge High School	62
35	Sequoia Secondary School	61
35	Youngker High School	61
37	Page High School	60
37	V.H. Lassen Elementary School	60
37	Canyon Day Junior High School	60
37	Amphitheater High School	60
37	Parker High School	60
37	Betty Fairfax High School	60
37	Lee Williams High School	60
44	Bisbee High School	59
44	Duncan High School	59
44	North High School	59
44	Westview High School	59
44	NFL YET College Preparatory Academy	59
44	Mohave High School	59
44	Rincon High School	59
44	Camp Verde High School	59
44	Southgate Academy	59
44	La Joya Community High School	59
54	Westwood High School	58
54	Carl Hayden High School	58
54	Cesar Chavez High School	58
54	Nosotros Academy	58
58	Coconino High School	57
58	Isaac Middle School	57
58	Salt River High School	57
58	Tucson Magnet High School	57
58	Apollo Middle School	57
63	Central High School	56
63	Baboquivari Middle School	56
63	San Luis Middle School	56
63	Combs High School	56
67	Gila Bend High School	55
67	North Canyon High School	55
67	Marana High School	55
67	Cibola High School	55
67	Tonopah Valley High School	55
67	ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix High School	55
73	Holbrook High School	54
73	Maricopa High School	54
73	Skyline High School	54
73	Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School	54
77	Anna Lawrence Intermediate School	53
77	Coolidge Junior High School	53
77	Western Valley Middle School	53
77	High Desert Middle School	53
77	Arizona Insight Academy	53
82	Kino Junior High School	52
82	Greenway Middle School	52
82	Safford K-8 School	52
82	Antelope Union High School	52
82	Westland School	52
82	Imagine Cortez Park Middle School	52
82	San Tan Foothills High School	52
82	Vista Grande High School	52
90	Flagstaff High School	51
90	Flowing Wells High School	51
90	Excelencia School	51
90	Copper Canyon High School	51
90	Valley Vista High School	51
90	Poston Butte High School	51
96	Tuba City Junior High School	50
96	Peoria High School	50
96	C.O. Greenfield School	50
96	Desert Sands Middle School	50
96	Agua Fria High School	50