The top reported proficiency rate is 55% in English language arts. The lowest is 54% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Solomon Elementary District (4222)
Solomon Elementary District is a small public school system in Graham County, Arizona, serving students from preschool through eighth grade. It operates a single school, Solomon Elementary School, and does not provide high school education. Because the district ends at eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and families must plan for high school elsewhere.
The district’s enrollment is small. About half of the student body identifies as Hispanic, and the remainder as White; other racial and ethnic groups are not represented in the reported data. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals, receive special education services, or are classified as English learners was not available in the data reviewed. Families may wish to ask the district directly about these support structures.
State testing results for the 2024-25 school year are limited. A proficiency rate was reported for third-grade math and third-grade English language arts. In both subjects, roughly half of third graders met the proficiency standard. For grades four through eight, the state suppressed results, citing small tested counts. This is a common practice when too few students sit for an exam to produce a reliable figure, and it reflects the district’s very small class sizes. A multi-year academic trend, covering just the single year of available data, showed an average proficiency rate across all tested grades and subjects in the range of about a third. However, with most grade-level results suppressed, these averages carry limited weight.
The district’s overall proficiency index, which averages all available scores, lands in the top quartile among Graham County’s districts. That is a notable finding, but it should be weighed against the fact that the index is built on a thin set of reported scores; the vast majority of grade-level results were suppressed due to small numbers. Chronic absenteeism, at roughly a quarter of students, sits in the best-performing quartile within the county, meaning the district’s attendance challenges are substantially less severe than those of many of its neighbors.
Per-pupil spending is above the midpoint among Graham County districts, in the upper half but not at the top. Housing values in the area that feeds into the district are well below the statewide benchmark for Arizona, and below the national median as well. The typical mortgage on a home at the local median value, at prevailing interest rates, would be moderate relative to a national median household income. The unemployment rate nationally was stable during the period reviewed.
The district has one school, which means the peer environment is consistent across all grades a child would attend through eighth grade. There is no high school, so there are no course offerings such as Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, or career and technical education pathways. That is not a weakness of the district itself, which is structured to serve younger students, but it is a practical reality for families: the transition to high school will require finding a school in another district or a private or charter option.
The search for recent district-level changes, such as bond measures, boundary adjustments, or new initiatives, turned up only basic profile and enrollment information. Nothing was found that meets a standard of being a meaningful and lasting change. The data does not support a narrative of growth, decline, or transformation.
For a family considering this district, the picture is straightforward. It offers a very small, single-building elementary and middle school environment where a child would move through with a consistent cohort. The testing data is too sparse to make strong claims about academic performance, though the attendance numbers are better than most of the county’s districts. The local housing market is relatively affordable. The central question for any family will be what comes after eighth grade, and that answer is not found in this district.
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