Schools · Tempe
Tempe, AZ schools
Tempe’s public schools score well above Arizona’s averages: 51% 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 21 schools through grade 8, then one of 10 middle schools and one of 5 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Tempe’s School Grade: B
The public schools Tempe’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 62% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
BTest scoresB+Graduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 62%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arizona towns with similar household incomes (126)Better than 68%
High confidence. Built on 18,825 tested students and a graduating class of 3,128; 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 Tempe 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
Close to the state in reading
Reading (grades 9–12, Tempe Union High)39%
State average 38.5%
Reading (grades PK–8, Tempe School District)29%
State average 38.5%
Reading (Kyrene Elementary)51%
State average 38.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Tempe Union High)31%
State average 31.2%
Math (grades PK–8, Tempe School District)17%
State average 31.2%
Math (Kyrene Elementary)41%
State average 31.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
89% graduate on time
Graduation rate
89%
AZ: 77.3%
Graduating class
3,128
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #30 of 103 AZ towns →
Districts
Three districts serve Tempe
Tempe Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 8 schools · 11,726 students
$12,138 per studentAZ $12,318B+Tempe School DistrictGrades PK–8 · 25 schools · 10,045 students
$13,467 per studentAZ $12,318C+Kyrene Elementary DistrictGrades PK–8 · 26 schools · 13,313 students
$10,909 per studentAZ $12,318A-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 69 schools in Tempe
Showing 1–30 of 69 schools
Broadmor Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 575 students
B+PublicKyrene del Norte SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 514 students
A-PublicFlora Thew Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 501 students
C-PublicArredondo Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 470 students
C+PublicWood SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 470 students
CPublicFuller Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 468 students
A-PublicHoldeman Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 418 students
C-PublicC I Waggoner SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 417 students
A-PublicKyrene de la Mariposa SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 415 students
B+PublicCecil Shamley SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 411 students
CPublicWard Traditional AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 404 students
APublicKyrene de los Ninos SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 391 students
C+PublicRover Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 382 students
B+PublicKyrene de las Manitas SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 379 students
B+PublicScales Technology AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 375 students
DPublicJoseph P. Spracale Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 370 students
BPublicCurry Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 366 students
C+PublicAguilar SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 350 students
C-PublicCenter for Educational ExcellenceElementary · Grades K–8 · 332 students
A+CharterCarminati SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 274 students
CPublicMeyer MontessoriElementary · Grades PK–6 · 203 students
BPublicGetz SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 163 students
D-PublicSLAM Arizona Inc.Elementary · Grades K–8 · 59 students
CharterTempe Elementary Online CommunityElementary · Grades K–8
PublicConnolly Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 923 students
B-PublicKyrene Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 4–8 · 759 students
BPublicGeneva Epps Mosley Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 694 students
DPublicFees College Preparatory Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 645 students
C-PublicMCKEMY ACADEMY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIESMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 334 students
B+PublicNew School for the Arts Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 75 students
BCharterSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.