Paseo Hills School, Phoenix AZ - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Paseo Hills School

Paseo Hills School serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the Deer Valley Unified District, a regular public school in the northern part of Phoenix. It is a middle-sized school for a PK-8 grade span, drawing from a residential area of the city. The student body is diverse, with families of Hispanic and White backgrounds each making up a substantial share of the enrollment. Smaller but visible populations of Black, Native American, and Asian students are also present, along with students who identify as two or more races. This composition reflects the broader Phoenix area, a large, sprawling urban center that has seen steady growth over decades and operates a car-oriented street grid. The school is not a charter or magnet, and no designation for Title I status was available in the data, so it is not possible to say whether it receives federal funding for high-poverty supports.

On academic measures, state testing results for the 2024-25 school year show a mixed picture. Across tested grades in math, the share of students meeting proficiency benchmarks fell below the midpoint among districts in Maricopa County when taken as a whole. In English language arts, proficiency rates were also modest, though a few grade levels reached a higher share. Science results, available for fifth and eighth grades, were similar in range. The school’s overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint relative to districts in the county, which is a soft spot a parent may want to explore further by asking the school about specific instructional supports, intervention programs, or changes in curriculum. Because Paseo Hills does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the data did not include chronic absenteeism rates, staffing ratios, or discipline metrics, so those dimensions of school environment are not available for assessment.

The school is part of Deer Valley Unified District, which covers a large portion of north Phoenix. The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes such as bond elections, boundary adjustments, or curriculum shifts that were confirmed with source URLs, meaning the district appears stable in its operations for the near term. The housing market in the immediate zip code shows home values slightly above the state benchmark, though with a small year-over-year decline, and rents have softened marginally. This suggests the neighborhood is moderately priced relative to the Phoenix metro area, though affordability for a family may still require a significant share of income toward housing, given national mortgage and rent trends.

For a family considering Paseo Hills School, the key takeaway is a school with a diverse, community-based enrollment and a standard PK-8 configuration that avoids a transition to a separate middle school. The academic results indicate room for growth, particularly in math, and the lack of publicly reported program offerings or enrichment pathways means a parent should ask directly about extracurriculars, arts, and advanced coursework for middle school students. The broader Phoenix environment offers many civic amenities, including parks, museums, and a major airport, but the city’s scale and car-dependent layout is a factor in daily routines. Without disciplinary or attendance data, it is hard to assess the school climate from a safety or engagement standpoint. The absence of recent district changes suggests no major upheavals, but a parent would want to visit the school, speak with teachers and current families, and examine how the school supports students who are not yet meeting grade-level expectations.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 335%

School 35% · District 56% · ▼ 21 pts below district

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

Grade 427%

School 27% · District 37% · ▼ 10 pts below district

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

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 55% · ▼ 26 pts below district

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

Grade 619%

School 19% · District 26% · ▼ 7 pts below district

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

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 21% · ▲ 9 pts above district

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

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 43% · ▼ 6 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 322%

School 22% · District 23% · ▼ 1 pts below district

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

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 38%

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

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 52% · ▼ 27 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 58% · ▼ 20 pts below district

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

Grade 749%

School 49% · District 38% · ▲ 11 pts above district

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

Grade 844%

School 44% · District 56% · ▼ 12 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 534%

School 34% · District 51% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 51% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

This schoolDeer Valley Unified District (4246), 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.