School district · Arizona

Santa Cruz Valley Unified District (4458)

Santa Cruz Valley Unified District (4458) in Arizona: 5 public schools with 3,612 students and 22.5 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $10,243 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 5
Students: 3,612
Students per teacher: 22.5; AZ 17.6 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $10,243; AZ $12.1K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 160
Counselors (FTE): 8.0
Students per counselor: 452; AZ 467 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 0.0; Librarians (FTE): 2.0

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arizona's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Arizona: 40%

27%proficient

−2.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 88% of school districts in Arizona

Median 48% · 301 school districts compared

988 students tested, grades 3, 5, 7, 8 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Math

Arizona: 34%

25%proficient

+7.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 83% of school districts in Arizona

Median 41% · 265 school districts compared

739 students tested, grades 3, 5, 6 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$7.4K15

$7.4K16

$7.5K17

$8.3K18

$8.4K19

$8.0K20

$8.3K21

$9.3K22

$9.4K23

$10.2K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 13% · $6.5M
State: 66% · $33.4M
Local: 21% · $10.7M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $5,121
Support services: $4,489
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $11.6M
Long-term debt: $17.2M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 3Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math	City or town
Calabasas SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–8	917	21.9	26%	17%	Rio Rico
Mountain View SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	406	19.0	30%	29%	Rio Rico
San Cayetano Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	K–5	395	20.4	25%	27%	Rio Rico
Coatimundi Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	497	23.1	34%	20%	Rio Rico
Rio Rico High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,397	24.9	—	—	Rio Rico

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Address: 1374 W Frontage Rd, Rio Rico, AZ 85648
Phone: (520)281-8282

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.