Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson, Tucson AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson

Leman Academy of Excellence East Tucson is a public charter school serving kindergarten through eighth grade, located on the southeastern side of Tucson. It operates as a regular school within the Leman Academy of Excellence Inc. charter network. Because it serves only elementary and middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the academic picture comes entirely from state assessments in math, English language arts, and science.

On the 2024-25 Arizona state tests, math proficiency across grades three through eight landed roughly in the range of two out of five students meeting the bar. The results were relatively consistent from grade to grade, with a slight dip in fifth grade and a modest uptick in eighth. In English language arts, the share of students scoring proficient was higher, generally a bit above half across most grades. Eighth grade ELA stood out with a stronger showing, while fifth grade again was the softest point. Science results, tested in fifth and eighth grades, were lower than both math and ELA, with eighth graders markedly outperforming fifth graders. When you look across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall composite placed it above the midpoint among districts in Pima County. That is a meaningful point of reference: relative to the range of schools countywide, Leman Academy East Tucson sits in the stronger half academically, but there is still room across subjects.

Enrollment is in the low thousands for a K-8 campus, which is on the larger side for that grade band. The student body is majority white, with a substantial Hispanic population, smaller shares of students who identify as two or more races, Asian, Black, and a very small number of American Indian or Native Hawaiian students. The school did not report figures for students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, nor for students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about those support populations.

Housing in the surrounding zip code reflects a market slightly below the statewide average for home values, and rents are similarly modest compared with Arizona as a whole. The broader Tucson area is a large desert city of over a million residents in the metro, anchored by the University of Arizona, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, and a mix of tech and tourism industries. The school sits in a part of the city that is spread out and automobile-dependent, typical of Tucson’s suburban development pattern. Downtown and the university area, with its streetcar line and walkable core, are a drive away.

The district brief for Leman Academy of Excellence Inc. turned up no notable recent changes or strategic priorities that would affect this campus. The school appears to be operating without major disruption or announced shifts.

For a family deciding whether this school fits, the key takeaway is a charter elementary and middle school that delivers above-median academic results for its county, with math and science areas that are softer than ELA. The student body is diverse but not economically diverse in a way that is visible from the data. The campus is large for a K-8, and the setting is suburban Tucson with typical housing costs for the area. Anyone considering the school will want to ask about special education and English learner services, since those numbers were not reported, and about how the school supports students who are not yet proficient in math and science.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 46% · ▼ 2 pts below district

even with state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 48% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 46% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 6 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 39% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 43% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 843%

School 43% · District 38% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 53% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 454%

School 54% · District 62% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 544%

School 44% · District 53% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 3 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 58% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 57% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 57% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Science

Grade 523%

School 23% · District 33% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 37% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

This schoolLeman Academy of Excellence Inc. (92730), same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.