Middle · Arizona
Desert Sky Middle School
Desert Sky Middle School, a public middle school in Tucson, Arizona: grades 6–8, 743 students, 20.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Vail Unified District (4413).
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 743
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.5
- Students per teacher
- 20.3
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 74% of middle schools in Arizona
Median 18.1 · 208 schools compared
More students per teacher than 88% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 80% of middle schools in Arizona
Median 496 · 216 schools compared
Larger than 73% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
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%61%proficient
+3.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 89% of middle schools in Arizona
Median 33% · 200 middle schools compared
726 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Arizona: 34%47%proficient
−7.5 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 84% of middle schools in Arizona
Median 23% · 176 middle schools compared
727 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4
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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Vail Unified District (4413).
Location
- Address
- 9850 E Rankin Loop, Tucson, AZ 85747
- Phone
- (520)879-2700
- City or town
- Tucson
- County
- Pima County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–8 | 712 | 20.5 | 59% | 43% | |
Secrist Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 248 | 12.5 | 30% | — |
| 6–8 | 811 | 20.3 | 56% | 42% | |
Billy Lane Lauffer Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 435 | 19.4 | 27% | 12% |
Academy of Tucson Middle SchoolCharterFree meals for all | 5–8 | 143 | 11.9 | 32% | — |
Gridley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 501 | 14.6 | 34% | 21% |
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.
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.
Sources
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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