The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in Math. The lowest is 41% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Copper Creek Elementary School
Copper Creek Elementary School is a regular public school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in the Amphitheater Unified District, located in a suburban pocket of northwest Tucson. The student body is comparatively small for an elementary of its grade span, and the school sits in a part of the metro area where housing values and rents run higher than the typical Tucson figure, indicating a relatively affluent surrounding neighborhood. The area’s street grid is largely automobile-dependent, with the core of suburban development, shopping, and services spread along arterials.
On state assessments given in the most recent school year, Copper Creek’s students overall performed above the midpoint when measured against all districts in Pima County. That said, the proficiency rates across individual grades and subjects tell a mixed story. In math, the share of students meeting the state bar ranged from under half in third and fifth grades to just over half in fourth grade. In English language arts, proficiency rates were slightly below half for each tested grade, with a similar pattern. Science results, available only for fifth graders, also showed about two in five students at the proficient level. A parent looking at these numbers will see a school that lands in the upper half of its county peers but where a substantial portion of students do not yet reach the state’s academic benchmark. Only one year of assessment data was available, so there is no clear trend to point to yet.
The student population is predominantly white, with a notable Hispanic share and comparatively small numbers of Black, Asian, Native American, and multiracial students. The school does not report how many students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, nor does it provide counts of students with individualized education programs or English learner classification. That gap means a parent cannot directly gauge the economic diversity or the level of special education and language support beyond what a school tour or enrollment inquiry would reveal. No information on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, or staffing ratios was available either.
The school itself is a standard elementary with no charter or magnet designation. Whether it receives Title I funding is not stated in the data. Programs beyond the core academic subjects were not listed, so details about art, music, physical education, or enrichment are absent from this profile.
The district, Amphitheater Unified, recently has had no major parent-relevant changes reported publicly. The school’s zip code places it in a housing market where typical home values sit above the statewide average and rents are similarly elevated, consistent with a well-established suburban area. The broader Tucson region is defined by the University of Arizona, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, and a growing tech sector, though those influences are diffuse across a large metropolitan footprint.
For a family considering Copper Creek, the main takeaway is a school that performs moderately above the typical Pima County district on test scores, set in a neighborhood where housing costs are relatively high and the student body is not especially diverse by economic or racial measures. The missing data on economic disadvantage and special populations means a parent should follow up directly with the school to understand the full support picture. The academic profile suggests a solid but not top-tier elementary, and the single year of results offers no basis for judging improvement or decline. Families who value a small-school feel in a suburban, higher-cost setting will find this a reasonable option to explore.
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