Oasis Elementary School, Peoria AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Oasis Elementary School

Oasis Elementary School is a regular public school serving preschool through eighth grade in the Peoria Unified School District, a stable district that covers Peoria, Glendale, Youngtown, and a small portion of Surprise. The school sits in a rapidly growing suburban corridor of the Phoenix metro area, a place where the city’s identity has shifted from its agricultural roots toward resort and leisure living, with master-planned communities and commercial nodes like the P83 Entertainment District and Park West.

State testing results are available for math, English language arts, and science across grades three through eight. Overall proficiency across all tested subjects and grades places Oasis above the midpoint among districts in Maricopa County, a solid showing. But that aggregate hides noticeable variation by grade and subject. Eighth graders posted the strongest results in both math and ELA, with proficiency at a level that would be competitive for high school readiness. Fourth and fifth graders also performed reasonably well in math and reading. In contrast, sixth and seventh-grade math proficiency was lower, as was third-grade reading. Science results for fifth and eighth graders were moderate. These uneven results are worth a closer conversation with the school about how they support students in the middle grades and early elementary reading.

Because Oasis does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. Data on economic disadvantage, special education, and English learner status were not available in the provided records, and no state data on chronic absenteeism or discipline was reported. The school’s Title I status is also missing from the profile, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals and what targeted supports exist.

Enrollment leans white and is racially diverse. A majority of students are white, and a substantial share are Hispanic, with smaller groups of students who are Asian, Black, and multiracial. The school is not a charter or magnet, and its governance is conventional within a unified district that has maintained the same number of schools in recent years, offering continuity for families.

Peoria itself is a sprawling, car-dependent city. Housing costs in the school’s zip code are typical for the Phoenix metro area, and the city has seen steady population growth, partly driven by new industrial development along the Loop 101 corridor, including a major semiconductor plant. The area offers extensive parks and trails, Lake Pleasant to the north, and spring training baseball as seasonal draws. The district has not reported any recent boundary changes, curriculum shifts, or bond overrides that would unsettle the current landscape.

This is a mid-sized elementary and middle school that delivers solid but uneven academic results, strongest at the upper end of the grade span. It serves a diverse student body in a suburban setting with a stable district. Families moving to this part of Peoria should expect to engage with the school about how it addresses the dips in middle-grade math and early reading, as the overall proficiency profile suggests room for growth in those areas.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 343%

School 43% · District 27% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 47% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 21% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 31% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 856%

School 56% · District 34% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 41% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 52% · ▼ 8 pts below district

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

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 40% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 43%

even with state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 740%

School 40% · District 25% · ▲ 15 pts above district

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

Grade 859%

School 59% · District 45% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

Science

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 36% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 33% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

This schoolPeoria Unified School District (4237), 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.