Schools · Buckeye
Buckeye, AZ schools
Buckeye’s public schools score well below Arizona’s averages: 23% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 96% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.3%. Kids attend one of 10 schools through grade 8, then one of 9 middle schools and Youngker High School or Buckeye Union High School or The Buckeye Academy.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Buckeye’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Buckeye’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresAGraduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 41%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arizona towns with similar household incomes (75)Better than 19%
High confidence. Built on 5,521 tested students and a graduating class of 1,020; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Arizona’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Arizona only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Arizona with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Buckeye kids go to school
Grades 9–12
C+Youngker High School or CBuckeye Union High School or The Buckeye Academy
Depends on your address Buckeye Union High School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Buckeye Union High)29%
State average 38.5%
Reading (grades PK–8, Buckeye Elementary)23%
State average 38.5%
Reading (Saddle Mountain Unified)27%
State average 38.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Buckeye Union High)21%
State average 31.2%
Math (grades PK–8, Buckeye Elementary)15%
State average 31.2%
Math (Saddle Mountain Unified)26%
State average 31.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
96% graduate on time
Graduation rate
96%
AZ: 77.3%
Graduating class
1,020
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #2 of 103 AZ towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Buckeye
Buckeye Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 5 schools · 5,650 students
$10,769 per studentAZ $12,318BBuckeye Elementary DistrictGrades PK–8 · 9 schools · 6,221 students
$10,727 per studentAZ $12,318CSaddle Mountain Unified School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 6 schools · 3,265 students
$10,996 per studentAZ $12,318BEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 41 schools in Buckeye
Showing 1–30 of 41 schools
Buckeye Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,150 students
C-PublicVerrado Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,014 students
A-PublicBlue Horizons Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 976 students
PublicSteven R. Jasinski Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 855 students
B-PublicVerrado Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 847 students
A-PublicJohn S McCain III Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 777 students
PublicInca Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 735 students
CPublicBales Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 699 students
C-PublicMarionneaux Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 697 students
CPublicSundance ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 656 students
CPublicWestpark Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 652 students
B-PublicDesert Sunset Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 648 students
PublicFreedom Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 574 students
C+PublicScott L Libby Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 560 students
A-PublicThe Odyssey Preparatory AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 544 students
B-CharterThe Odyssey Preparatory Academy - Sienna HillsElementary · Grades K–5 · 472 students
B+CharterImagine Schools at BuckeyeElementary · Grades K–8 · 441 students
C+CharterLiberty Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 411 students
B-PublicTartesso Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 340 students
BPublicFestival Foothills Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 262 students
A-PublicWhite Tanks Learning CenterElementary · Grades K–8 · 19 students
PublicVerrado Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 731 students
A-PublicCanyon View High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,141 students
BPublicYoungker High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,096 students
C+PublicVerrado High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,012 students
B-PublicBuckeye Union High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,841 students
CPublicOdyssey Institute for Advanced and International StudiesHigh · Grades 6–12 · 1,553 students
BCharterSkyview High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 148 students
DCharterThrivePoint High School at BuckeyeHigh · Grades 9–12 · 141 students
C+CharterBUHSD Institute of Online LearningHigh · Grades 9–12 · 121 students
D-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.