Anza Trail, Sahuarita AZ - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Anza Trail

Anza Trail is a regular public school serving kindergarten through eighth grade in the Sahuarita Unified District. The school sits in a fast-growing corner of Pima County shaped by master-planned communities, pecan orchards, and the I-19 corridor. Sahuarita itself has seen explosive population growth over the past two decades, and Anza Trail’s enrollment reflects that scale: the school is large for a K-8 campus, with a student body that is predominantly Hispanic, followed by a substantial white population, and smaller shares of students who are two or more races, Black, Asian, or American Indian or Alaska Native. The median home in the area is valued near the national average, and rents are modest relative to incomes, making this a more attainable housing market than many parts of metro Tucson.

Academically, Anza Trail’s state assessment results offer an uneven picture. In English language arts, proficiency rates across grades three through eight land in a mid-range band. The strongest showing comes in grades four, six, and seven, where roughly half of students or slightly more meet the bar. Third and eighth grade come in lower, and fifth grade sits in between. In math, the pattern is more muted: fourth and fifth grade post the highest proficiency, while sixth and eighth grade show the lowest. Third and seventh grade fall in the middle. Science results for fifth and eighth grade hover below half of students reaching proficiency. Over time, the available multi-year trend data suggests a decline in both ELA and math, though the trend covers only a short span and should be interpreted cautiously. Overall, when measured against other districts in Pima County, Anza Trail’s combined proficiency across subjects and grades sits above the midpoint. That is a respectable position given how large and varied the county is, though it does not place the school among the top performers locally.

Because the school serves only through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and the available data does not include information on chronic absenteeism, discipline, course access, or staffing. Parents looking into those areas would need to ask the school directly. The data also does not show the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch or who receive special education or English learner services, so the school’s full demographic context is not complete from what is publicly reported here.

Anza Trail is not a charter or magnet school; it is a neighborhood school within a district that has an active operations override, a voter-approved measure that supplements funding for class sizes, programs, and staffing. That override is a practical detail for families to note, since it can affect what the school offers compared to districts without one. The school’s location in Sahuarita means families live in a car-dependent suburban environment, where master-planned communities provide internal amenities like parks and trail systems but the town has no traditional downtown. Commuting times are typical for the region, and major employers include the school district itself, along with retirement communities, retail, healthcare, and the nearby copper mine.

For a family considering Anza Trail, the school offers a large K-8 setting in a growing town with housing that remains more attainable than many parts of Arizona. Academic performance is solid in some grades and subjects, softer in others, and the overall picture relative to the county is positive without being standout. The gaps in available data mean some questions about student support services and school climate would need answers from the school directly. It fits families who want a neighborhood public school in a suburban, high-growth community and who are comfortable looking beneath school-wide averages to see how their child’s grade and subject needs align with the school’s particular strengths.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 49% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 41% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 628%

School 28% · District 31% · ▼ 3 pts below district

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

Grade 736%

School 36% · District 31% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 25% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 40% · ▼ 2 pts below district

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

Grade 453%

School 53% · District 54% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 42% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 655%

School 55% · District 45% · ▲ 10 pts above district

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

Grade 755%

School 55% · District 48% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 39% · ▲ 6 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 38% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 34% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

This schoolSahuarita Unified District (4411), 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.