Country Place Elementary, Tolleson AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Country Place Elementary

Country Place Elementary serves students from kindergarten through eighth grade in Tolleson, a small city on the western edge of the Phoenix metro area that has reinvented itself from its agricultural past into a dense hub of industrial employment. The school sits within the Littleton Elementary District, one of several districts that serve the city. Tolleson itself covers just a few square miles and is crisscrossed by major highways and rail lines; its daytime population swells with thousands of workers at food processing plants and distribution centers, while its residential population remains modest. The built environment is dominated by industrial and logistics uses, and the city's official identity emphasizes a small-town feel set against that backdrop.

The student body at Country Place Elementary is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of Black, white, and other backgrounds. The enrollment is sizable for a K-8 school. Free or reduced-price meal eligibility data was not available, but given the community context, families should inquire directly about income-based support programs. The school's grade span means students stay here through the full elementary and middle school years; there is no separate high school on site, so families will need to plan for the transition after eighth grade.

State assessment results from the most recent testing year show proficiency rates that are lower than state averages across all tested subjects and grade levels. In English language arts, the share of students meeting proficiency standards across grades three through eight fell below the statewide median, with the highest performance in the middle elementary grades and a dip in the upper grades. In math, proficiency rates were consistently modest, and in science, the share of students scoring proficient was similarly low. A comparison with other districts across Maricopa County places Country Place Elementary in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. At the same time, the school's combined data from the most recent and prior testing year shows no meaningful change in either math or English language arts proficiency, so these results represent a stable baseline rather than a new decline. A parent looking at these outcomes would want to understand what academic supports are in place and what the school's improvement plan looks like.

The district brief turned up no publicly reported recent changes such as bond measures, curriculum overhauls, or boundary adjustments, so it is reasonable to assume the school has been operating under a consistent framework in the recent period. The absence of that information does not imply stability or change; it simply means nothing of that nature surfaced in available records.

In terms of student support, the data did not include rates of special education identification, English learner status, chronic absenteeism, or discipline incidents. Those are important context for any family considering the school, and a parent should ask the school directly about class sizes, intervention programs, and how it serves students learning English, which is likely a significant population given the community's demographics.

Housing in the area is priced near the state median for Arizona, and rents are in a similar range. The region has seen modest price softening recently, which may open up options for families looking to buy or rent near the school. The unemployment picture nationally is steady, and mortgage rates are at a level that prospective homebuyers will want to factor into their budget.

Country Place Elementary is a school with a straightforward academic profile: it serves a large, predominantly Hispanic student body across the full K-8 span, and its state assessment results indicate that the majority of students are not yet meeting grade-level benchmarks in reading, math, or science. A family considering this school should look closely at what academic intervention and enrichment programs are offered, how the school supports its English learner and special education populations, and what the feeder high school options and performance look like in the Littleton or adjacent districts. The community itself is a compact, industrial employment center with a residential core, not a suburban expanse, so the day-to-day experience of living here will differ from a typical Phoenix-area suburb.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 316%

School 16% · District 21% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 21% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 19% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 615%

School 15% · District 14% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 315%

School 15% · District 20% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 29% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 25% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 29% · ▲ 10 pts above district

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

Grade 734%

School 34% · District 30% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 32% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Science

Grade 519%

School 19% · District 18% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 815%

School 15% · District 18% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

This schoolLittleton Elementary District (4278), 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.