The reported proficiency rate for Science is 33%.
Original Research by School Decision on Anna Lawrence Intermediate School
Anna Lawrence Intermediate School serves students in third through eighth grade as part of the Tucson Unified District, one of Arizona’s largest and oldest districts. The school is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, located in a residential area on the west side of Tucson. The enrollment is small for a school serving this grade span, and the student body is composed almost entirely of two groups: roughly half the students are Hispanic and roughly four in ten are American Indian or Alaska Native, with small shares of white, Black, and multiracial students. Data on how many students qualify for free or reduced-price meals was not reported, and information on the share of students with disabilities or identified as English learners was also absent, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about those support structures.
When it comes to state test results, the picture is very limited. Arizona’s AASA reading and math tests were administered in the 2024-25 school year, but nearly all results for this school are suppressed, meaning the state does not release them, typically because the tested group is too small to report reliably. In fifth grade, where a small group of students took the science assessment, roughly a third scored proficient. That is a single data point in a single subject at a single grade level. In a multi-year trend that combines reading results across all grades for the school, the proficiency rate was similar. A parent cannot see a full performance picture from this data, and that is the chief thing to know: the available numbers are too sparse to judge how the school’s academic program is doing overall. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate.
The comparison with other schools across Pima County, using an index that averages proficiency rates across subjects and grades where reported, places the school below the midpoint. Because so many results are suppressed, that index is based on very thin information and should be read cautiously. A parent may want to look into this further with the school or the district to understand how students are performing in the grades and subjects where data is not visible.
The school operates within the Tucson Unified District, which has its own notable context. The district has been under a federal desegregation order for many years, known as the Unitary Status Plan, which shapes magnet programs, student assignment, and faculty hiring across the district. Voters approved renewal of the district’s operating override in 2024, which provides funding for teacher salaries, art, music, physical education, and smaller classes. At the same time, the district has experienced a long-term enrollment decline that has prompted discussions about school closures or consolidations. This matters for any family choosing a school in TUSD, because future changes to attendance boundaries or school buildings could affect a child’s school path.
Tucson itself is a large desert city with a historic downtown, the University of Arizona campus, and a wide suburban spread. The school sits in a residential west-side area that is mostly car-dependent, like most of the city outside the central core. Housing values in the school’s ZIP code have been near the middle range for the Tucson area, and rents have been rising modestly. Families considering this school are likely looking at a neighborhood intermediate school within a large urban district, one with a small student body and a notable share of American Indian students, but with very little public academic data to inform a decision.
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