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B+

Continental Elementary District

Public school districtGrades PK–8

Serves Sahuarita.

Sahuarita’s School Grade B+ better than 72% of Arizona school districts

Students
643
Schools
1
Spent per student
$13,256
AZ $12,318
Students per teacher
17:1
Debt
$9.9M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Continental Elementary District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 69% of Arizona districts
  • Math proficiency 9 pts above the state
  • Spends 8% more per student than the AZ average
  • 17 students per teacher
  • Debt of $9.9M, about $15,454 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 69% of the 577 Arizona school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
B+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Sahuarita 37,694

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Sahuarita. Grade by grade →

PK–84 schoolsSahuarita Unified District
9–122 high schoolsSahuarita Unified District

Test scores vs. AZ

2021–22
Math proficiency44%
State average 34.8% · 399 students tested
Reading / language arts44%
State average 40.4% · 400 students tested

100% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 89% at Sahuarita Unified District, which runs the high school (state 77.8%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$13,256 per student · 8% above AZ
Spending
Classroom instruction 50%Support & administration 45%Other 4%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 64%State 32%Federal 4%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
620’20
649’21
639’22
626’23
643’24

Up 3.7% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 54%White 39%Two or more races 4%Black 2%Asian <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arizona’s other public schools.

Continental Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Green Valley
B+
643 students17:1

Left off: 1 school reporting no students for 2024–25.

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Arizona.