Paradise Valley, AZ schools
Paradise Valley’s public schools score well above Arizona’s averages: 55% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 81% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.3%. Kids attend Cherokee Elementary School or Kiva Elementary School through grade 6, then one of 9 middle schools and one of 22 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
Paradise Valley’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Paradise Valley’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 74% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation.
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.
Where Paradise Valley kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Well below the state in reading
81% graduate on time
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Two districts serve Paradise Valley
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
All 7 schools in Paradise Valley
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.
Schools Paradise Valley kids attend in other towns
Public schools in Paradise Valley’s districts that are located in Scottsdale, Phoenix and Laveen. Which one depends on your address.