Schools · Marana

Marana, AZ schools

Marana’s public schools score below Arizona’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 84% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.3%. Kids attend one of 6 schools through grade 8, then one of 4 high schools and Marana High School or A. C. E..

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

BSchool Grade #32Best schools in AZ (of 117)

TownTapestry School GradeNew

B

Marana’s School Grade: B

The public schools Marana’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 64% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

BTest scoresBGraduation

Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 64%

Lower resultsHigher results

Arizona towns with similar household incomes (59)Better than 61%

High confidence. Built on 5,454 tested students and a graduating class of 962; 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 Marana kids go to school

Grades PK–8

6 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Marana Unified District

Grades 9–12

4 high schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Marana Unified District

Grades 12

C+Marana High School or A. C. E. Depends on your address Marana Unified District

Based 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 (Santa Cruz Valley Union High)22%

State average 38.5%

Reading (grades PK–12, Marana Unified)37%

State average 38.5%

Math (Santa Cruz Valley Union High)12%

State average 31.2%

Math (grades PK–12, Marana Unified)31%

State average 31.2%

Graduation · class of 2020

84% graduate on time

Graduation rate

84%

AZ: 77.3%

Graduating class

962

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Marana

Santa Cruz Valley Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 2 schools · 425 students

$12,366 per studentAZ $12,318C+🏫

Marana Unified DistrictGrades PK–12 · 20 schools · 12,845 students

$11,510 per studentAZ $12,318B

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 22 schools in Marana

Level

All 22 Elementary 10 Middle 1 High 7 Other 4

Type

All 22 Public 16 Charter 5 Private 1

Showing 1–22 of 22 schools

Leman Academy of ExcellenceElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,167 students

Dove Mountain K-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,004 students

Twin Peaks Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 886 students

Gladden Farms ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 742 students

Marjorie W Estes Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 601 students

J Robert Hendricks Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 457 students

Rattlesnake Ridge ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 455 students

Coyote Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 453 students

La Paloma Academy MaranaElementary · Grades K–8 · 157 students

Leman Virtual AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 73 students

Marana Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 941 students

Marana High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 2,437 students

Mountain Rose AcademyHigh · Grades 9–12 · 172 students

MCAT High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 163 students

Sentinel Peak High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 65 students

A. C. E.High · Grades 7–12

PCJTED - Marana High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12

PCJTED - MCAT SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12

Marana Distance LearningOther · Grades K–12 · 42 students

Flowing Wells Digital CampusOther · Grades K–12 · 31 students

Open Doors Community SchoolGrades M

REDEEMER LUTHERAN SCHOOL

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.