Original Research by School Decision on Amphi Academy at Donaldson
Amphi Academy at Donaldson is a middle school that was part of the Amphitheater Unified District in Tucson, Arizona. The school is no longer active, so any family researching it today will find a closed campus rather than an operating choice. The record shows it served only middle school grades and was classified as a regular public school.
Because the school is inactive, the available data is thin. The state assessment results from the year the school was last tested, which appear to be from about a decade ago, are all suppressed. That means the number of students tested was very small, and the state does not report proficiency rates or participation rates for such small groups. A parent looking for a meaningful picture of academic performance from those years will not find one. There is no enrollment count, no demographic breakdown, no information about free or reduced-price meal eligibility, and no data on special education or English learner populations. Civil rights and discipline records are absent. Program offerings were not reported.
The school sat within the Amphitheater Unified District, but the district brief shows no recent changes that would be relevant to a parent. The city around the school is Tucson, a large desert city that is the second most populous in Arizona. Tucson’s economy is anchored by the University of Arizona, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, optics and tech industries, and tourism. The downtown area and university campus are adjacent and connected by a streetcar line. Outside the central core, the city is largely automobile-dependent and spans a wide geographic area. Housing values in the school’s ZIP code are slightly above the state benchmark, according to recent data, and rents are moderate relative to incomes, though monthly mortgage costs outpace rents by a notable margin.
The absence of a graduation rate is explained by the grade band: the school did not serve high school grades, so that metric does not apply. The missing test data, however, is not explained by grade band alone—middle school grades are tested in Arizona—but rather by the school’s very small student population in its final tested year. The fact that the school is now inactive tells a parent everything they need to know about its current viability: it is not open. A family considering the Amphitheater Unified District would need to look at other schools within the district that are currently operating.
Given the lack of current or recent data on academics, student body, or programs, this entry functions primarily as a historical record. It offers no actionable information on instruction, peer environment, or student support for a parent today. The strongest takeaway is that the school is closed, and the district’s other schools would be the relevant options to explore.
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