Pinal Today

In the 2022-23 school year, 21% of Casa Grande Elementary District students passed their AASA Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 4,225 students who took the AASA were assessed at four proficiency levels in each subject. Those at proficiency level one and two failed the test, while students who reached the third and fourth proficiency level passed the test.

Of those who passed, most achieved proficiency level three.

Casa Grande Elementary District roughly covers schools within Pinal County and has a main office in Casa Grande.

In 2022, average scores from Arizona students were found to be inline with the national average scores for math and reading, according to the Nation's Report Card.

Math scores fell the most from 2019 to 2022, while language arts scores decreased to a lesser extent from 2019 to 2022, according to the Nation's Report Card.

Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School Name	% Who Passed	Number of students tested
McCartney Ranch Elementary School	32%	354
Saguaro Elementary School	28%	236
Desert Willow Elementary School	28%	247
Villago Middle School	25%	768
Cactus Middle School	21%	739
Ironwood School	20%	246
Palo Verde School	18%	258
Cholla Elementary School	18%	277
Cottonwood Elementary School	15%	216
Casa Grande Middle School	14%	559
Mesquite Elementary School	14%	219