PHX Reporter

In 2022, 44% of Deer Valley Unified District students failed their AASA/ACT Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 16,990 students who took the AASA/ACT test 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 failed, most achieved proficiency level one.

Deer Valley Unified District roughly covers schools within Maricopa County and has a main office in Phoenix.

A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor markets for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.

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 Failed	Number of students tested
Vista Peak	> 90%	34
Deer Valley Middle School	75%	264
Sunrise Elementary School	67%	222
Esperanza Elementary School	65%	76
Barry Goldwater High School	64%	< 10
Village Meadows Elementary School	63%	55
Paseo Hills School	59%	482
Greenbrier Elementary School	52%	51
Arrowhead Elementary School	50%	< 10
New River Elementary School	49%	34
Mountain Shadows Elementary School	48%	218
Sandra Day O'Connor High School	47%	626
Deer Valley Online Learning Program	46%	36
Boulder Creek High School	45%	553
Desert Mountain School	43%	318
Terramar Academy of the Arts	40%	678
Mountain Ridge High School	39%	< 10
Anthem School	37%	< 10
West Wing School	37%	720
Highland Lakes School	37%	86
Bellair Elementary School	36%	27
Hillcrest Middle School	35%	831
Union Park School	33%	442
Legend Springs Elementary	32%	378
Stetson Hills School	31%	< 10
Gavilan Peak School	30%	68
Diamond Canyon School	29%	609