Schools in Sanders · Sanders Unified District
Sanders’s public schools score below 78% of Arizona districts
The public schools Sanders’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 78% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
12%beats similar-income towns
Reading proficiency
9%
▼ 30 pts vs AZ 39%
2020–21
Math proficiency
3%
▼ 28 pts vs AZ 31%
2020–21
Graduate on time
64%
▼ 13 pts vs AZ 77%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$21.7K
▲ 76% vs AZ $12.3K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
AZ 17.5 · smaller classes
Schools
5
624 students
The School Grade
How Sanders compares
D− Test scoresC Graduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 22%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arizona towns with similar household incomes (50)Better than 12%
Good confidence. Built on 257 tested students and a graduating class of 52; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change it.
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 Sanders.
The path, start to finish
PK–7Sanders Elementary SchoolSanders Unified District
82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Valley High SchoolSanders Unified District
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading9%
State average 38.5%
Math3%
State average 31.2%
Every school in Sanders
5 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
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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.