PHX Reporter

In 2022, 50% of Deer Valley Unified District students failed their AASA/ACT Math test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 17,068 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.

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.

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%	35
Deer Valley Middle School	89%	528
Barry Goldwater High School	77%	381
Deer Valley Online Learning Program	72%	274
Paseo Hills School	68%	484
Desert Sky Middle School	67%	613
Constitution Elementary School	67%	82
Village Meadows Elementary School	65%	55
Deer Valley High School	64%	335
Park Meadows Elementary School	58%	78
Mountain Shadows Elementary School	55%	218
Boulder Creek High School	54%	559
Greenbrier Elementary School	52%	215
New River Elementary School	50%	124
Anthem School	47%	333
Terramar Academy of the Arts	46%	678
Desert Mountain School	45%	318
Union Park School	44%	444
Mountain Ridge High School	43%	< 10
Highland Lakes School	41%	788
West Wing School	41%	< 10
Gavilan Peak School	40%	453
Las Brisas Elementary School	36%	449
Legend Springs Elementary	34%	377
Copper Creek Elementary School	32%	365
Stetson Hills School	31%	< 10
Bellair Elementary School	27%	106