Schools · Yuma
Yuma, AZ schools
Yuma’s public schools score well below Arizona’s averages: 28% of students are proficient in reading against 38.5% statewide, and 91% of high schoolers graduate on time against 77.3%. Kids attend one of 12 schools through grade 6, then one of 5 middle 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
C+
Yuma’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Yuma’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 63% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresB+Graduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 37%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arizona towns with similar household incomes (159)Better than 22%
High confidence. Built on 6,004 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, 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 Yuma 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 (grades 9–12, Yuma Union High)16%
State average 38.5%
Reading (grades PK–8, Yuma Elementary)28%
State average 38.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Yuma Union High)14%
State average 31.2%
Math (grades PK–8, Yuma Elementary)17%
State average 31.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
91% graduate on time
Graduation rate
91%
AZ: 77.3%
Graduating class
2,756
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #20 of 103 AZ towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Yuma
Yuma Union High School DistrictGrades 9–12 · 8 schools · 11,217 students
$10,484 per studentAZ $12,318B-Yuma Elementary DistrictGrades PK–8 · 20 schools · 9,102 students
$12,255 per studentAZ $12,318C+Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 61 schools in Yuma
Showing 1–30 of 61 schools
Mary A Otondo Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 893 students
BPublicDesert View AcademyElementary · Grades K–6 · 881 students
A-CharterDesert Mesa Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 876 students
B-PublicGowan Science AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 816 students
A-PublicSunrise Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 655 students
B-PublicDorothy Hall ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 601 students
A-PublicPueblo Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 598 students
B-PublicSalida Del Sol ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 588 students
CPublicMesquite ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 568 students
B+PublicJames B Rolle SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 567 students
C+PublicGary A. Knox Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 528 students
C+PublicC W Mcgraw Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 511 students
C+PublicH L Suverkrup Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 502 students
BPublicRonald Reagan Fundamental SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 467 students
CPublicValley Horizon Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 460 students
C-PublicPalmcroft Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 406 students
BPublicO C Johnson SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 352 students
C+PublicPecan Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 331 students
DPublicAlice Byrne Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 289 students
B+PublicGeorge Washington Carver Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 270 students
CPublicRoosevelt SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 254 students
DPublicAmerischools Academy - Yuma NorthElementary · Grades K–8 · 193 students
B+CharterAmeriSchools Academy - YumaElementary · Grades K–8 · 102 students
BCharterYuma District One Digital Learning AcademyElementary · Grades K–8 · 18 students
PublicCrane iLearning AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8
PublicCastle Dome Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 939 students
CPublicCentennial Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 646 students
C+PublicR Pete Woodard Jr High SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 614 students
CPublicCrane Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 554 students
C+PublicGila Vista Jr High SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 551 students
C-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.