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Vail Academy & High School
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 11 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Vail Academy & High School
Set in TUCSON, Arizona, Vail Academy & High School is a middle-of-the-pack unified-grade school, overseen by Vail Unified District (4413). It works with 625 students across grades K through 12.
Vail Unified District (4413) runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 15,011 students. Vail Academy & High School is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Vail Academy & High School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 37% White, 11% multiracial, 8% Black, 2% Asian.
On the income-and-resources front, Vail Academy & High School logs 102 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.4:1, putting Vail Academy & High School tighter than the state norm the norm.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which Vail Academy & High School is one.
The closest other public school is Desert Willow Elementary School, roughly 2.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Vail Academy & High School.
Vail Academy & High School operates from an inner-city location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 39%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 625 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 37% across the same window.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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