The top reported proficiency rate is 34% in English language arts. The lowest is 32% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Greenway Primary School
Greenway Primary School serves students from prekindergarten through fifth grade in Bisbee, Arizona. It is a regular public school within the Bisbee Unified District, located in Cochise County. The school sits in a town with a distinct character: a former copper mining hub that has transformed into an artist community and heritage tourism destination. Old Bisbee, the historic core, offers a walkable downtown with galleries and dining, while surrounding areas like Warren and Lowell are more residential. The town also functions as the county seat, anchoring civic employment alongside tourism-related businesses. Development here is minimal; the population has declined over the long term, and housing stock is largely preserved historic structures rather than new builds.
Enrollment at Greenway is small, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic. White students make up a modest share, and there are very small numbers of Asian and multiracial students. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch was not available. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.
On state assessments, the picture is mixed and somewhat incomplete. For third grade, about a third of students met proficiency standards in math, and slightly more than a third did so in English language arts. Fourth-grade ELA proficiency was at a similar level, while fourth-grade math results were suppressed from public reporting. Fifth-grade results for math, ELA, and science were all suppressed. A multi-year trend line, based on limited data covering only the most recent year, shows all-grade proficiency broadly in the low to mid-twenties across subjects, a soft spot that a parent may want to explore further with the school or district to understand the context.
Compared to other school districts in Cochise County, Greenway’s overall proficiency index falls below the midpoint. This places it toward the lower end of the county’s districts, though the comparison is based on a relatively small cohort. No data was available for chronic absenteeism or graduation rate, as those measures do not apply to this grade band or were not reported.
The district itself does not appear to have undergone recent notable changes that would alter a family’s understanding of the school. The district brief turned up little in the way of publicly reported strategic priorities or restructuring.
For a family considering Greenway, the setting is a small, historic town with a slow-growth economy and limited new housing. The school reflects the wider community’s demographics. The academic picture shows proficiency rates that are below county averages, and the suppression of several grade-level results means less information is publicly available to assess performance in upper elementary grades. A parent may want to ask the school directly about supports for students who are not yet meeting benchmarks and about the circumstances behind the suppressed results. The school’s size and single-building elementary focus is typical for a town of Bisbee’s scale.
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