Vail Innovation Center
Virtual schools are not graded, because they enroll students from across the state rather than a local area. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 2 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 4 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 7 | 1 | 2% |
| Grade 9 | 10 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 13 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 18 | 30% |
| Grade 12 | 14 | 23% |
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2017, while math scores are up about 4 points.
AASA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| 2020-21 | 60.0% | 41.0% |
| 2018-19 | 51.0% | 46.0% |
| 2017-18 | 49.0% | 44.0% |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61 | 10.1 | 6.1:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 85 | 11.5 | 7.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 107 | 12.6 | 8.5:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 433 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 150 | 2 | 75.0:1 | N/A |
| 2015-16 | 66 | 2 | 33.0:1 | 5% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 1 | N/A | N/A | 0% (0) |
Since 2017-18: students down 59% (150 to 61); teachers up 403% (2 to 10.1).
About Vail Innovation Center
Vail Innovation Center is a school serving multiple grade levels in TUCSON, Arizona, according to federal school records. It had 61 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 12. By comparison, combined schools in Arizona enroll about 550 students on average.
Vail Unified District (4413) enrolls 15,011 students in 24 schools, including Vail Innovation Center.
The student body at Vail Innovation Center has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. Next come 43% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. The county population is about 59% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 59, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vail Innovation Center is 6.1:1, based on 10.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for combined schools in Arizona is 21.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher.
Looking at the county, Pima County, the median household earns about $70,315 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting Vail Innovation Center, Pima County has 398 public schools.
Empire High School is the nearest public school to Vail Innovation Center, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
NCES assigns Vail Innovation Center the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area. Vail Innovation Center is listed as a virtual school by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21 the school reported 433 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 61. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large.
The discussion board for Vail Innovation Center is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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