Douglas Elementary School

Summary:

Douglas Elementary School is a public elementary school in Tucson, Arizona, serving 554 students from kindergarten to 6th grade. The school is part of the Flowing Wells Unified District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Douglas Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom quarter of Arizona elementary schools, with low proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics compared to the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 27% of 3rd graders and 20% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to district averages of 38% and 29%, respectively. The school's performance in Mathematics is even lower, with only 19% of 4th graders and 20% of 6th graders reaching proficiency, compared to district averages of 26% and 27%. The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with its African American students performing relatively well, but its Hispanic, Native American, and multi-racial students all ranking in the bottom quarter of the state.

When compared to other nearby schools in the Flowing Wells Unified District, such as Centennial Elementary and Homer Davis Elementary, Douglas Elementary consistently underperforms, with higher proficiency rates and higher statewide rankings. The high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, which is significantly higher than the district and state averages, may be a contributing factor to the school's academic challenges.


Detail:

Public K-6

 3302 N Flowing Wells Rd
       Tucson, AZ  85705-9316


(520) 696-8300

District: Flowing Wells Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
768th of 904 Arizona Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,641 Help


Students who attend Douglas Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Flowing Wells Junior High School
High:    Flowing Wells High School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.0 Help
Number of students:  554

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
82.9%
White:
10.5%
African American:
2.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  89.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Douglas Elementary School ranks worse than 85% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks last among 5 ranked elementary schools in the Flowing Wells Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.77. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Douglas Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Flowing Wells Unified District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (82.9%), White (10.5%), African American (2.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 89.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Douglas Elementary School is 15. 4 elementary schools in the Flowing Wells Unified District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Douglas Elementary School is $6,641, which is the lowest among 6 elementary schools in the Flowing Wells Unified District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Douglas Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Douglas Elementary School 768th of 904 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Douglas Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


Low Socio Economic Status students:
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Flowing Wells Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Flowing Wells Unified District 183rd of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Douglas Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 45.52 595th 1062 44.0%
2010 43.52 611th 1090 43.9%
2011 44.61 587th 1075 45.4%
2012 44.86 667th 1141 41.5%
2013 33.94 846th 1158 26.9%
2014 30.13 790th 1079 26.8%
2015 17.21 813th 955 14.9%
2016 23.89 823rd 1079 23.7%
2017 28.15 773rd 1106 30.1%
2018 24.70 824th 1109 25.7%
2019 20.74 816th 1039 21.5%
2021 20.43 986th 1226 19.6%
2022 10.86 925th 1000 7.5%
2023 17.72 1055th 1245 15.3%
2024 15.77 768th 904 15.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 14.39 967th 1027 5.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 43.86 365th 975 62.6%
2023 16.23 438th 451 2.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 25.15 1026th 1201 14.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 29.71 607th 820 26.0%
2023 19.93 980th 1116 12.2%
2024 22.70 439th 546 19.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 36.22 241st 423 43.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.02 757th 1023 26.0%
2019 19.97 690th 862 20.0%
2021 20.75 999th 1219 18.0%
2023 16.78 1067th 1219 12.5%
2024 12.56 538th 593 9.3%
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Rank History for Foster Care students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 29.43 265th 306 13.4%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 18.03 223rd 239 6.7%
2022 34.54 80th 101 20.8%
2023 20.95 134th 145 7.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 20.61 844th 1032 18.2%
2019 19.81 678th 850 20.2%
2021 22.96 946th 1220 22.5%
2023 17.95 1037th 1216 14.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 15.08 574th 620 7.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 59.28 217th 895 75.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.97 682nd 911 25.1%
2019 23.62 558th 709 21.3%
2021 24.32 964th 1198 19.5%
2022 9.95 708th 716 1.1%
2023 18.51 1034th 1170 11.6%
2024 19.78 386th 472 18.2%
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Rank History for Native American students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 28.21 572nd 654 12.5%
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Rank History for White students at Douglas Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 9.72 685th 720 4.9%
2021 38.31 743rd 1161 36.0%
2022 12.10 751st 800 6.1%
2023 35.39 673rd 1024 34.3%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Douglas Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 501 16 9 134 12 n/a n/a -107 565
1989 463 28 5 116 8 n/a n/a -83 537
1990 400 23 8 121 11 n/a n/a -36 527
1991 414 23 9 135 10 n/a n/a -47 544
1992 416 30 10 141 10 n/a n/a 1 608
1993 420 16 7 191 15 n/a n/a 0 649
1994 394 14 5 184 14 n/a n/a 0 611
1995 416 16 5 201 24 n/a n/a 0 662
1996 416 16 5 201 24 n/a n/a 0 662
1997 388 16 6 210 34 n/a n/a 0 654
1998 345 19 9 194 27 n/a n/a 0 594
1999 317 35 9 201 18 n/a n/a 0 580
2000 292 28 9 226 21 n/a n/a 0 576
2001 267 24 8 261 21 n/a n/a 0 581
2002 226 19 9 338 5 n/a n/a 0 597
2003 226 19 9 338 5 n/a n/a 0 597
2004 201 22 13 382 5 n/a n/a 0 623
2005 177 13 13 422 5 n/a n/a 0 630
2006 157 11 11 453 8 n/a n/a 0 640
2007 142 11 14 457 12 n/a n/a 0 636
2008 117 11 9 461 8 n/a n/a 0 606
2009 127 13 16 441 5 n/a n/a 0 602
2010 124 16 14 471 10 n/a n/a 0 635
2011 113 22 14 451 13 0 0 0 613
2012 110 15 11 510 7 4 0 0 657
2013 119 15 9 509 11 2 5 0 670
2014 117 12 4 504 6 1 3 0 647
2015 104 15 3 541 4 0 2 0 669
2016 80 11 5 495 1 0 2 0 594
2017 87 8 2 500 0 0 1 0 598
2018 81 13 2 495 2 1 3 0 597
2019 82 13 5 486 8 0 5 0 599
2020 68 15 9 460 1 0 10 0 563
2021 61 16 13 451 0 0 6 0 547
2022 68 12 10 464 16 0 10 0 580
2023 58 14 8 459 6 0 9 0 554

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Douglas Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 565 25.3 22.3 n/a
1989 537 27.1 19.8 n/a
1990 527 26.1 20.1 n/a
1991 544 24.3 22.3 n/a
1992 608 26.3 23.1 n/a
1993 649 26.3 24.7 n/a
1994 611 28.3 21.6 n/a
1995 662 29.8 22.2 n/a
1996 662 29.8 22.2 n/a
1997 654 29.8 21.9 n/a
1998 594 30.3 19.6 n/a
1999 580 30.5 19.0 n/a
2000 576 31.7 18.2 n/a
2001 581 29.8 19.5 n/a
2002 597 29.8 20.0 n/a
2003 597 29.8 20.0 n/a
2004 623 29.8 20.9 n/a
2005 630 31.5 20.0 89.5
2006 640 35.5 18.0 86.9
2007 636 36.5 17.4 85.2
2008 606 35.0 17.3 n/a
2009 602 35.8 16.8 80.6
2010 635 34.8 18.2 86.9
2011 613 35.4 17.3 74.4
2012 657 35.0 18.7 86.1
2013 670 35.0 19.1 n/a
2014 647 34.4 18.7 84.7
2015 669 34.0 19.6 91
2016 594 34.0 17.4 88
2017 598 33.6 17.7 93.3
2018 597 31.4 18.9 88.8
2019 599 29.9 20.0 87.8
2020 563 30.9 18.1 89.9
2021 547 30.4 17.9 n/a
2022 580 31.9 18.1 45
2023 554 36.7 15.0 89.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Douglas Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 565 25.3 22.3 n/a
1989 537 27.1 19.8 n/a
1990 527 26.1 20.1 n/a
1991 544 24.3 22.3 n/a
1992 608 26.3 23.1 n/a
1993 649 26.3 24.7 n/a
1994 611 28.3 21.6 n/a
1995 662 29.8 22.2 n/a
1996 662 29.8 22.2 n/a
1997 654 29.8 21.9 n/a
1998 594 30.3 19.6 n/a
1999 580 30.5 19.0 n/a
2000 576 31.7 18.2 n/a
2001 581 29.8 19.5 n/a
2002 597 29.8 20.0 n/a
2003 597 29.8 20.0 n/a
2004 623 29.8 20.9 n/a
2005 630 31.5 20.0 89.5
2006 640 35.5 18.0 86.9
2007 636 36.5 17.4 85.2
2008 606 35.0 17.3 n/a
2009 602 35.8 16.8 80.6
2010 635 34.8 18.2 86.9
2011 613 35.4 17.3 74.4
2012 657 35.0 18.7 86.1
2013 670 35.0 19.1 n/a
2014 647 34.4 18.7 84.7
2015 669 34.0 19.6 91
2016 594 34.0 17.4 88
2017 598 33.6 17.7 93.3
2018 597 31.4 18.9 88.8
2019 599 29.9 20.0 87.8
2020 563 30.9 18.1 89.9
2021 547 30.4 17.9 n/a
2022 580 31.9 18.1 45
2023 554 36.7 15.0 89.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Douglas Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,765 (22.8%) $6,800 (87.9%) $7,740
2020 $2,467 (28.2%) $7,091 (81.2%) $8,734
2021 $2,226 (35.7%) $4,845 (77.7%) $6,234
2022 $2,330 (35.1%) $5,042 (75.9%) $6,641

Data source: Arizona Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Douglas Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 816th of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 1055th of 1245 Elementary schools
 6.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students599554
 7.5%
African American1314
 7.7%
American Indian86
 25%
Asian58
 60%
Hispanic486459
 5.6%
Pacific Islander00
White8258
 29.3%
Two or More Races59
 80%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients87.8%89.7%
 1.9%


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Students who attend Douglas Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Flowing Wells Junior High School
High : Flowing Wells High School

Douglas Elementary School ranks in the bottom 15.0% of Arizona elementary schools.

Students at Douglas Elementary School are 83% Hispanic, 10% White, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian, 1% American Indian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 554 students attended Douglas Elementary School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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