Pinal Today

Eight percent of Desert Mountain School students were classified as "approaching academic standards" after taking Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards - Science (AIMS) test during the 2018-2019 school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

87 percent of students at the school are meeting or exceeding academic standards.

The AIMS test in Arizona is a standards-based test used to measure a student's proficiency in science, based on the state’s academic standards. The AIMS test is administered three times with students taking the test in the fourth grade, eighth grade, and one more time in high school.

School Name	Students who approach academic standards (%)
Akimel O'Otham Pee Posh	58
Sarah Marley School	56
Drexel Elementary School	53
Los Ninos Elementary School	53
Cradleboard School	53
Kerr Elementary School	52
Bagdad Elementary School	51
Frank Elementary School	49
Rudy G. Bologna Elementary	49
Seven Mile School	49
Kayenta Elementary School	49
Arredondo Elementary School	48
Alta E. Butler School	48
Harvest Preparatory Academy, Goodyear	48
Flora Thew Elementary School	48
Robison Elementary School	47
Kaizen Education Foundation dba Vista Grove Preparatory Academy Elementary	47
Center for Academic Success, The #3	47
P.T. Coe Elementary School	47
Maldonado Amelia Elementary School	47
Adams Elementary School	47
Palo Verde School	47
Whitman Elementary School	47
Gila Bend Elementary	47
John R. Davis School	47
Roosevelt Elementary School	47
Empower College Preparatory	46
Imagine Cortez Park Elementary	46
Raul Grijalva Elementary School	46
Imagine Camelback Elementary	46
Cottonwood Elementary School	46
Sacaton Elementary	46
Ganado Intermediate School	46
Mountain View School	46
Washington Elementary School	46
Eisenhower Center for Innovation	46
Paul Dunbar Lawrence School	45
Echo Mountain Intermediate School	45
Sunridge Elementary School	45
Village Meadows Elementary School	45
Liberty Arts Academy	45
Palomino Intermediate School	45
Desert View Elementary School	45
Starlight Park School	45
Miller Elementary School	45
The Peak School	45
Academy of Math and Science Desert Sky	45
Guerrero Elementary School	45
Yavapai Elementary School	44
Riverside Traditional School	44
Fowler Elementary School	44
Beaver Dam Elementary	44
Desert View Elementary Intermediate	44
Bloom Elementary	44
Van Buskirk Elementary School	44
Pinon Accelerated Middle School	44
Alta Vista Elementary School	44
Rice Elementary School	43
Nevitt Elementary School	43
Mesa View Elementary	43
Indian Oasis Intermediate Elementary School	43
Wood School	43
Lynn Urquides	43
Los Amigos Elementary School	43
W.F. Killip Elementary School	43
Madison Elementary School	43
Reyes Maria Ruiz Leadership Academy	43
Laura N. Banks Elementary	43
Roadrunner Elementary School	43
Holmes Elementary School	43
Tsehootsooi Intermediate Learning Center	43
Indian Wells Elementary	42
Whispering Wind Academy	42
Carminati School	42
EAGLE College Prep Maryvale	42
Orange Grove Elementary School	42
McCartney Ranch Elementary School	42
Pima Junior High School	42
Crown Charter School	42
Lakeview Elementary School	42
Carmichael Elementary School	42
Kaizen Education Foundation dba South Pointe Elementary School	42
Ironwood School	41
Eliseo C. Felix School	41
Cottonwood Community School	41
El Mirage School	41
Clawson School	41
Le Pera Elementary School	41
Whiteriver Elementary	41
Constitution Elementary School	41
Imagine Desert West Elementary School	41
EAGLE College Prep School- Mesa	41
Vesey Elementary School	41
Leupp Public School	41
Tri-City College Preparatory High School	41
Howell Peter Elementary	41
Mountain Shadows Elementary School	41
Scales Technology Academy	41
H.L. Suverkrup Elementary School	40
Rio Vista Elementary School	40