Peoria Unified celebrates the release of 2025-26 school letter grades from the Arizona Department of Education. An astounding 38 of the district's 42 graded schools, representing 90.5 percent of the district, earned an A or B. Plus 23 schools earned an A, up from 21 last year, and the number of C-rated schools fell from six to four. Peoria Unified had six schools raised their letter grade by at least one level, and 21 schools increased their earned points.
Notable Celebrations Across Peoria Unified:
Peoria Unified students scored above the state average in every subject at the elementary and high school levels, a credit to the hard work of students, teachers and administrators at all Peoria Unified schools.
Across Peoria Unified’s elementary schools, 249 students earned a perfect score on the AASA math test, 37 earned a perfect score in ELA and 2 earned a perfect score for science. Of those, an impressive 13 students earned perfect scores in ELA and math.
High school students also performed well above average, earning perfect scores in English (one), math (four), reading (15) and science (five). On the ACT Aspire, students earned three max scores in English, three in science and four in reading.
Sky View Elementary School climbed two letter grades, from a C to an A, with a 15.97-point gain, the largest in the district. Its student growth score of 48.63 out of 50 points is the second highest in Peoria Unified.
Canyon Elementary School and Vistancia Elementary School moved from a B to an A.
Canyon gained 8.87 points.
Peoria Flex Academy moved from a B to an A, part of a high school group in which seven of eight schools are “A” rated.
Centennial High School scored 92.32, the highest among Peoria Unified high schools.
Peoria Traditional School, an elementary school of choice in north Peoria, is the highest-scoring school in the district at 98.69.
Desert Palms Elementary School earned all 50 of 50 possible student growth points, the only Peoria Unified school to do so.
Six schools gained more than five points over last year: Sky View, Canyon, Peoria Elementary, Lake Pleasant Elementary, Cotton Boll and Sun Valley Elementary. They are marked with an asterisk (*) in the list below.
Peoria Unified also reached a milestone in school improvement: all nine elementary schools identified for support based on the performance of their Students with Disabilities subgroup have exited school improvement status. Through the district's Noteworthy Nine initiative, each school's team met weekly to review assessment results, monitor attendance, identify barriers to learning and determine strategies to meet individual student needs.
"These results reflect the dedication of our teachers and staff, the incredible effort of our students and the tireless support of our families," said Peoria Unified Interim Superintendent Tahlya Visintainer. "We know there is still additional work to do and that test scores are just one measure of our success, but we are proud to celebrate every school for their continued focus on growth and achievement."
Students also performed above projections in elementary mathematics, English language arts and science, and high school students performed above projections in mathematics and science.
A complete list of Peoria Unified school letter grades can be found here.