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Peoria Unified School District (4237) Schools
Peoria Unified School District (4237) is a public school district in Arizona, based in Maricopa County (Glendale). SchoolGrade grades 44 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Peoria Unified School District (4237) on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Peoria Unified School District (4237)
43 of 44 schools in Peoria Unified School District (4237) carry a SchoolGrade (1 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
A: 4B: 13C: 19D: 7
Best schools in Peoria Unified School District (4237)
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Peoria Traditional School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A- Sunset Heights Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A- Vistancia Elementary School (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- A- Oakwood Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B+ Lake Pleasant Elementary (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- B+ Parkridge Elementary (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B+ Paseo Verde Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B+ Peoria Ecampus (K-12 school, exceeds expectations)
- B Apache Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B Coyote Hills Elementary School (Elementary school, meets expectations)
Every school in Peoria Unified School District (4237)
High schools (6)
- C- Cactus High School, Glendale
- C+ Centennial High School, Peoria
- C+ Ironwood High School, Glendale
- C+ Liberty High School, Peoria
- D Peoria High School, Peoria
- B- Sunrise Mountain High School, Peoria
Elementary and primary schools (28)
- B Apache Elementary School, Peoria
- B Canyon Elementary School, Glendale
- C- Cheyenne Elementary School, Peoria
- D+ Country Meadows Elementary School, Peoria
- B Coyote Hills Elementary School, Peoria
- B Desert Harbor Elementary School, Peoria
- C- Desert Palms Elementary School, Glendale
- C Desert Valley Elementary School, Glendale
- C Foothills Elementary School, Glendale
- B Frontier Elementary School, Peoria
- Gcc Early Childhood Learning Lab, Glendale
- C- Kachina Elementary School, Glendale
- B+ Lake Pleasant Elementary, Peoria
- C Marshall Ranch Elementary School, Glendale
- A- Oakwood Elementary School, Peoria
- B Oasis Elementary School, Peoria
- B+ Parkridge Elementary, Peoria
- B+ Paseo Verde Elementary School, Peoria
- D+ Peoria Elementary School, Peoria
- D+ Pioneer Elementary School, Glendale
- C- Sahuaro Ranch Elementary School, Glendale
- C- Santa Fe Elementary School, Peoria
- C- Sky View Elementary School, Peoria
- C- Sun Valley Elementary School, Peoria
- C- Sundance Elementary School, Peoria
- A- Sunset Heights Elementary School, Peoria
- A- Vistancia Elementary School, Peoria
- B- Zuni Hills Elementary School, Sun City
Other schools and academies (10)
- D Alta Loma School, Peoria
- B Copperwood School, Glendale
- C Cotton Boll School, Peoria
- C- Heritage School, Glendale
- D Ira A Murphy, Peoria
- B+ Peoria Ecampus, Peoria
- D+ Peoria Flex Academy, Peoria
- A+ Peoria Traditional School, Sun City
- C Raymond S Kellis, Glendale
- C- Sunflower School, Glendale
Where Peoria Unified School District (4237) schools are
About this district
- State: Best schools in Arizona
- County: Maricopa County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: large suburb (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 35,466 students with 1,871 full-time-equivalent teachers and 3,554 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 0406250
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Dysart Unified District (4243) (25 schools, 10 mi)
- Nadaburg Unified School District (4252) (4 schools, 12 mi)
- Deer Valley Unified District (4246) (40 schools, 12 mi)
- Glendale Union High School District (4285) (11 schools, 14 mi)
- Glendale Elementary District (4271) (14 schools, 14 mi)
- Washington Elementary School District (4260) (32 schools, 14 mi)
- Pendergast Elementary District (4283) (12 schools, 15 mi)
- Litchfield Elementary District (4281) (16 schools, 17 mi)
Questions about Peoria Unified School District (4237)
How many schools are in Peoria Unified School District (4237)?
SchoolGrade grades 44 public schools in Peoria Unified School District (4237), across 3 cities and towns. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Peoria Unified School District (4237) serve?
The largest by graded schools: Peoria, Glendale, Sun City.
How good are the schools in Peoria Unified School District (4237)?
Across the 43 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is C+, with 37% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 34.3%. 86% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Peoria Unified School District (4237)?
35,466 students were enrolled in Peoria Unified School District (4237) in the 2023-24 school year, about 19.0 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Peoria Unified School District (4237)?
Peoria Unified School District (4237) is in Arizona, based in Maricopa County, with its district office in Glendale. Its boundary covers about 137 sq mi.