Schools · Peoria
Peoria, AZ schools
Peoria’s public schools score above Arizona’s averages: 42% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.3%. Kids attend one of 25 schools through grade 8, then one of 29 high schools and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Peoria’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Peoria’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 77% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
B+Test scoresB+Graduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 77%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arizona towns with similar household incomes (83)Better than 90%
High confidence. Built on 36,282 tested students and a graduating class of 3,674; 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 Peoria kids go to school
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 (Glendale Union High)31%
State average 38.5%
Reading (grades PK–12, Peoria Unified)42%
State average 38.5%
Reading (Deer Valley Unified)55%
State average 38.5%
Math (Glendale Union High)23%
State average 31.2%
Math (grades PK–12, Peoria Unified)36%
State average 31.2%
Math (Deer Valley Unified)50%
State average 31.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
AZ: 77.3%
Graduating class
3,674
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Three districts serve Peoria
Glendale Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 11 schools · 16,040 students
$11,218 per studentAZ $12,318BPeoria Unified School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 44 schools · 34,436 students
$10,564 per studentAZ $12,318B+Deer Valley Unified DistrictGrades PK–12 · 41 schools · 32,265 students
$11,444 per studentAZ $12,318A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 62 schools in Peoria
Showing 1–30 of 62 schools
Lake Pleasant ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,267 students
A-PublicVistancia Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 1,089 students
APublicAcademy of Math and Science Peoria AdvancedElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,030 students
B-CharterSunset Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 987 students
APublicCountry Meadows Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 972 students
B-PublicWest Wing SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 963 students
APublicOakwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 937 students
APublicTerramar Academy of the ArtsElementary · Grades PK–8 · 934 students
APublicParkridge ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–8 · 895 students
A-PublicFrontier Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 846 students
A-PublicZuni Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 794 students
B+PublicDesert Harbor Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 779 students
A-PublicCotton Boll SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 756 students
BPublicApache Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 751 students
A-PublicOasis Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 724 students
A-PublicSun Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 720 students
B-PublicSanta Fe Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 698 students
BPublicBASIS Peoria PrimaryElementary · Grades K–4 · 696 students
A+CharterCoyote Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 695 students
A-PublicPaseo Verde Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 689 students
A-PublicAlta Loma SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 641 students
CPublicLegacy Traditional School ? PeoriaElementary · Grades K–8 · 609 students
ACharterCandeo PeoriaElementary · Grades K–8 · 597 students
A+CharterHappy Valley SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 586 students
ACharterGreat Hearts Academies - Archway GlendaleElementary · Grades K–5 · 563 students
A+CharterCheyenne Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 554 students
B-PublicSundance Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 549 students
B-PublicPeoria Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 499 students
B-PublicSky View Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 467 students
B-PublicIra A MurphyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 450 students
CPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.