Schools · Casa Grande
Casa Grande, AZ schools
Casa Grande’s public schools score well below Arizona’s averages: 20% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 79% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.3%. Kids attend one of 9 schools through grade 8, then one of 12 middle schools and Vista Grande High School or Casa Grande Union High School or PACE.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Casa Grande’s School Grade: C
The public schools Casa Grande’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 74% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresB-Graduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 26%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arizona towns with similar household incomes (151)Better than 11%
High confidence. Built on 4,657 tested students and a graduating class of 862; 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 Casa Grande kids go to school
Grades 9–12
C-Vista Grande High School or C+Casa Grande Union High School or PACE
Depends on your address Casa Grande 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, Casa Grande Union High)21%
State average 38.5%
Reading (grades PK–8, Casa Grande Elementary)20%
State average 38.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Casa Grande Union High)14%
State average 31.2%
Math (grades PK–8, Casa Grande Elementary)15%
State average 31.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
79% graduate on time
Graduation rate
79%
AZ: 77.3%
Graduating class
862
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #74 of 103 AZ towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Casa Grande
Casa Grande Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 4 schools · 3,938 students
$12,440 per studentAZ $12,318C+Casa Grande Elementary DistrictGrades PK–8 · 14 schools · 6,630 students
$11,141 per studentAZ $12,318C-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 29 schools in Casa Grande
Showing 1–29 of 29 schools
Legacy Traditional School - Casa GrandeElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,486 students
A-CharterThe Grande InnovationElementary · Grades K–8 · 833 students
BCharterMcCartney Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 668 students
B-PublicPalo Verde SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 548 students
CPublicCottonwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 515 students
DPublicDesert Willow Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 505 students
B+PublicIronwood SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 481 students
C-PublicCholla Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 458 students
CPublicSaguaro Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 456 students
C-PublicMesquite Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 439 students
C-PublicCenter for Online and Innovative LearningElementary · Grades PK–8 · 332 students
CPublicCGESD Online Learning AcademyElementary · Grades K–8
PublicCactus Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 737 students
CPublicVillago Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 723 students
C+PublicCasa Grande Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 648 students
DPublicPath to PotentialMiddle · Grades 4–8 · 1 students
CharterVista Grande High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,943 students
C-PublicCasa Grande Union High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,912 students
C+PublicMission Heights Preparatory High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 551 students
BCharterASU Preparatory Academy - Casa Grande HSHigh · Grades 7–12 · 284 students
B+CharterPPEP TEC - Alice S. Paul Learning CenterHigh · Grades 9–12 · 101 students
C+CharterPACEHigh · Grades 9–12 · 83 students
PublicPinnacle High School - Casa GrandeHigh · Grades 9–12 · 26 students
D-CharterCAVIT - Casa Grande Union High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicCAVIT - Vista GrandeHigh · Grades 9–12
PublicEarly Childhood Learning CenterPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 120 students
PublicCAVIT - Casa Verde High SchoolGrades M
PublicINOVAGrades M
PublicST ANTHONY OF PADUA CATHOLIC SCHOOL
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.