The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in English language arts. The lowest is 37% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Anna Henry Elementary School
Anna Henry Elementary School is a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Tucson, part of the Tucson Unified District. The campus sits on a residential street in the city's eastern side, in an area of midcentury homes and commercial strips that reflect Tucson’s spread-out development pattern.
The school is small in enrollment, drawing a student body that is roughly two-fifths Hispanic and two-fifths White, with smaller shares of Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, multiracial, American Indian, and Asian students. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, students with disabilities, and English learners were not available in the sourced information; a family may wish to ask the school directly about these dimensions of student support.
Academically, state assessment results place Anna Henry Elementary slightly above the midpoint among the districts in Pima County when overall proficiency across tested grades and subjects is averaged. The individual grade-level results, where reported, show that roughly a third to two-fifths of students met or exceeded the state’s proficiency standards in math, English language arts, and science. Those rates are modest but fall a bit above the typical level for the county. For third and sixth graders, proficiency results were not publicly reported, which is common when small group sizes prevent reliable disclosure. Only a single year of testing data is available, so no trend can be drawn.
Because the school serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. No information on chronic absenteeism, discipline, staffing, or course access was provided in the data set used here.
Tucson itself is a major desert city anchored by the University of Arizona and Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, with a downtown that has seen revitalization and a streetcar line connecting the civic core to the university. The built environment is heavily automobile-dependent outside a few walkable corridors, and the city’s housing values and rents are moderate relative to national benchmarks.
The Tucson Unified District, which operates this school, has several parent-relevant dynamics. Voters renewed a maintenance and operations override in 2024, generating funding that supports teacher salaries, art, music, physical education, magnet programs, and full-day kindergarten. The district remains under a federal desegregation order that shapes magnet placements, student assignment, and transportation. TUSD has also experienced a sustained enrollment decline over many years, leading to ongoing discussions about school utilization and potential closures.
For a family considering Anna Henry Elementary, the picture is that of a small, neighborhood-focused school with a diverse student body, modest but marginally above-average academic results for the county, and a setting within a large district navigating integration obligations and shifting enrollment. The missing data on free lunch eligibility, special education, and English learner services are gaps a parent would want to fill through direct contact with the school.
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