The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in Math. The lowest is 40% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Presidio School (4425)
Presidio School is a single-school charter district in Pima County, Arizona, serving kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is a small district with a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, with white students making up a substantial share and smaller groups of Black, Asian, multiracial, and Native American students also enrolled. The school has a small high school section; the enrollment tail shrinks noticeably after eighth grade, with half as many students in the upper grades as in the lower ones. Data on economic disadvantage, special education, and English learner status was not available, so a parent should check directly with the school about these supports.
The academic picture comes from Arizona’s state assessments for the most recent school year. In math, the proficiency rate for third graders was below the midpoint, while fifth graders posted a strong rate. Results for fourth, sixth, seventh, and eighth grades were suppressed in the data due to small tested groups, which a parent may want to ask the school about. In English language arts, fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth graders all posted proficiency rates that were higher than the math showing, landing in a middle range. Seventh-grade ELA results were also suppressed due to a small tested count. In science, the fifth-grade and eighth-grade proficiency rates were both below half of students tested, a soft spot a family may wish to explore further with the school.
Across all tested subjects and grades combined, the district’s overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile of districts in Pima County. That is a strong relative position, though it is earned more from ELA and a couple of strong math grade levels than from a uniformly high showing. The chronic absenteeism rate is above the midpoint among county districts, meaning a share of students are missing enough school to be flagged; this is an area worth asking about, especially for a small district where individual attendance patterns can have a larger effect.
Per-pupil current spending sits in the lower half of the middle range among the county’s districts, close to the median. That spending level is typical for a small charter district in the state.
No graduation rate was available; because the district runs through twelfth grade, the absence of this figure is notable, and a parent may want to ask for it directly. The district operates a single school, Presidio School, which is listed as open.
The district brief noted that available sources describe general characteristics of this single-school charter district but did not surface any recent parent-relevant changes such as a new building, leadership shift, or program expansion. The community and economic context for the area the school draws from was not provided in the data, so a family would need to research the surrounding Tucson-area neighborhoods on their own to understand housing values, commute patterns, and local amenities.
For a family considering Presidio School, the picture is one of a small, tight-knit charter that shows pockets of strong academic performance, especially in upper-elementary math and across middle-grade ELA, but also has grade-level results that are suppressed due to small group sizes and a science proficiency rate that is lower than the ELA and math numbers would suggest. The absence of key contextual data on the student support population and graduation rate means families should plan to ask the school directly about those details. The district’s overall proficiency index, however, places it among the higher-performing quarter of all districts in Pima County, a clear strength.
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