SE Valley Times

In the 2023-24 school year, 66% of 6,235 Tempe School District students failed their AASA Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The students who took the AASA were assessed at four proficiency levels in each subject. Those at proficiency level one and two failed the test, while students who reached the third and fourth proficiency level passed the test.

Of those who failed, most achieved proficiency level one.

Tempe School District Superintendent James Driscoll (2023) | Tempe School District

Tempe School District roughly covers schools within Maricopa County and has a main office in Tempe.

A 2023 study from Scholaroo ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor marks for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

Additionally, WalletHub also claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.

Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School Name	% Who Failed	Number of students tested
Fees College Preparatory Middle School	80%	662
Flora Thew Elementary School	80%	215
Nevitt Elementary School	79%	303
Laird Elementary School	78%	306
Gililland Middle School	78%	686
Holdeman Elementary School	77%	187
Frank Elementary School	77%	242
Carminati School	77%	128
Hudson Elementary School	74%	185
Scales Technology Academy	74%	179
Curry Elementary School	73%	226
Wood School	72%	224
Aguilar School	65%	189
Connolly Middle School	65%	884
Arredondo Elementary School	61%	271
Broadmor Elementary School	46%	304
Fuller Elementary School	43%	223
Meyer Montessori	41%	60
Tempe Academy of International Studies McKemy Campus	40%	334
Rover Elementary School	40%	187
Ward Traditional Academy	19%	240