Schools in Rancho Mesa Verde · Somerton Elementary District, Yuma Union High School District
Rancho Mesa Verde’s public schools score below 62% of Arizona districts
The public schools Rancho Mesa Verde’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 62% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation.
Reading proficiency
25%
▼ 14 pts vs AZ 39%
2020–21
Math proficiency
18%
▼ 13 pts vs AZ 31%
2020–21
Graduate on time
91%
▲ 14 pts vs AZ 77%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$10.5K
▼ 15% vs AZ $12.3K
FY2024
Schools
0
In brief
The short version on Rancho Mesa Verde’s schools
Graduation holds up better than test scores
Test scores run well below the state, but 91% of students still graduate on time. That’s 14 points over the state average of 77%.
Average results for less money
Rancho Mesa Verde spends 15% less per student than the state average, yet lands near the middle on results. Test scores ↓
Which school depends on your street
With six elementary and six high schools, the school a child attends depends on your address. After that, everyone goes to Somerton Middle School. See the path ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
The School Grade
How Rancho Mesa Verde compares
C Test scoresB+ Graduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 38%
Lower resultsHigher results
High confidence. Built on 3,075 tested students and a graduating class of 2,756; 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 against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Arizona only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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 will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Rancho Mesa Verde (some depend on your address).
4 schools teach Pre-K in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: Tierra Del Sol Elementary School, Orange Grove Elementary School, Desert Sonora Elementary School and Encanto Learning Center.
6 schools teach K in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: Tierra Del Sol Elementary School, Orange Grove Elementary School, Desert Sonora Elementary School and Encanto Learning Center and more.
6 schools teach 1st grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: Tierra Del Sol Elementary School, Orange Grove Elementary School, Desert Sonora Elementary School and Encanto Learning Center and more.
6 schools teach 2nd grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: Tierra Del Sol Elementary School, Orange Grove Elementary School, Desert Sonora Elementary School and Encanto Learning Center and more.
6 schools teach 3rd grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: Tierra Del Sol Elementary School, Orange Grove Elementary School, Desert Sonora Elementary School and Encanto Learning Center and more.
6 schools teach 4th grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: Tierra Del Sol Elementary School, Orange Grove Elementary School, Desert Sonora Elementary School and Encanto Learning Center and more.
6 schools teach 5th grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: Tierra Del Sol Elementary School, Orange Grove Elementary School, Desert Sonora Elementary School and Encanto Learning Center and more.
7 schools teach 6th grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: Somerton Middle School, Tierra Del Sol Elementary School, Orange Grove Elementary School and Desert Sonora Elementary School and more.
6 schools teach 9th grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: San Luis High School, Cibola High School, Gila Ridge High School and Kofa High School and more.
6 schools teach 10th grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: San Luis High School, Cibola High School, Gila Ridge High School and Kofa High School and more.
6 schools teach 11th grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: San Luis High School, Cibola High School, Gila Ridge High School and Kofa High School and more.
6 schools teach 12th grade in Rancho Mesa Verde’s district. Which one depends on your address: San Luis High School, Cibola High School, Gila Ridge High School and Kofa High School and more.
The path, start to finish
PK–66 schoolsDepends on your address
7–8Somerton Middle Schoolin Somerton
9–126 high schoolsDepends on your address
Two districts serve Rancho Mesa Verde
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
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School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Arizona. Stars are from neighbors.