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Canyon Elementary School

Summary:

Canyon Elementary School is a public school located in Glendale, Arizona, serving grades PK-8 with a student population of 294. The school is part of the Peoria Unified School District, which is ranked 134 out of 288 districts in Arizona and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Canyon Elementary School stands out for its strong academic performance, outperforming the Peoria Unified School District and the state of Arizona in several key test score metrics, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics. For example, in 2023-2024, 67% of 4th graders at Canyon Elementary were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 51% for the district and 46% for the state. The school also performs well across various student subgroups, with its Hispanic, Multi-racial, and English Language Learner students ranking highly compared to other Arizona elementary schools. Additionally, Canyon Elementary has maintained a 0% dropout rate for the past several years, an impressive achievement.

When compared to other nearby schools in the Peoria Unified School District and the Washington Elementary School District, Canyon Elementary School generally outperforms them in test scores and subgroup performance. The school also maintains a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 12 to 14.7 over the past few years, which may contribute to its academic success. While the school's free and reduced-lunch rate has increased from 22.11% in 2021-2022 to 44.56% in 2022-2023, indicating a growing population of students from lower-income households, Canyon Elementary School continues to be a strong-performing school within its district and the state of Arizona.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

 5490 W Paradise Ln
       Glendale, AZ  85306-2535

(623) 412-5050

District: Peoria Unified School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
349th of 904 Arizona Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,311 Help


Students who attend Canyon Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Cactus High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.2 Help
Number of students:  294

Racial breakdown:

White:
54.8%
Hispanic:
39.8%
Two or more races:
2.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  44.6% Help


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Compare Details Canyon Elementary School ranks better than 61.4% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks 13th among 32 ranked elementary schools in the Peoria Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 56.76. (See more...)
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Compare Details Canyon Elementary School ranks better than 80.5% of middle schools in Arizona. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 76.73. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Canyon Elementary School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Peoria Unified School District. Racial makeup is: White (54.8%), Hispanic (39.8%), two or more races (2.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 44.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Canyon Elementary School is 14.2, which is the 4th best among 32 elementary schools in the Peoria Unified School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Canyon Elementary School is $14,311, which is the highest among 33 elementary schools in the Peoria Unified School District!
Schooldigger Rankings:

Canyon Elementary School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Canyon Elementary School 104th of 533 Arizona public middle schools. (See Canyon Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Peoria Unified School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Peoria Unified School District 134th of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Canyon Elementary School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 59.98 432nd 1062 59.3%
2010 62.47 411th 1090 62.3%
2011 58.44 443rd 1075 58.8%
2012 62.01 431st 1141 62.2%
2013 52.06 563rd 1158 51.4%
2014 36.35 695th 1079 35.6%
2015 36.82 541st 955 43.4%
2016 40.66 580th 1079 46.2%
2017 50.95 475th 1106 57.1%
2018 66.81 355th 1109 68.0%
2019 56.90 422nd 1039 59.4%
2021 71.66 330th 1226 73.1%
2022 59.93 347th 1000 65.3%
2023 64.72 395th 1245 68.3%
2024 56.76 349th 904 61.4%
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Rank History for elementary school Multi-racial students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 70.93 192nd 1027 81.3%
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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 55.51 95th 975 90.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 47.31 487th 1201 59.5%
2023 77.94 96th 820 88.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 68.54 200th 820 75.6%
2023 59.61 354th 1116 68.3%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.69 306th 1023 70.1%
2019 80.18 133rd 862 84.6%
2021 52.00 518th 1219 57.5%
2022 46.62 450th 824 45.4%
2023 66.16 363rd 1219 70.2%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 57.86 398th 1032 61.4%
2021 86.18 150th 1220 87.7%
2022 70.23 205th 830 75.3%
2023 61.17 419th 1216 65.5%
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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.15 263rd 911 71.1%
2021 71.85 238th 1198 80.1%
2022 57.48 298th 716 58.4%
2023 69.02 279th 1170 76.2%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.51 463rd 720 35.7%
2019 29.01 458th 595 23.0%
2021 59.50 420th 1161 63.8%
2022 57.23 306th 800 61.8%
2023 38.27 632nd 1024 38.3%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Canyon Elementary School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 74.64 159th 663 76.0%
2010 72.48 174th 692 74.9%
2011 73.27 170th 685 75.2%
2012 68.56 224th 772 71.0%
2013 62.49 272nd 787 65.4%
2014 50.78 325th 690 52.9%
2015 54.99 188th 521 63.9%
2016 34.73 410th 677 39.4%
2017 39.36 375th 695 46.0%
2018 53.86 275th 711 61.3%
2019 68.88 171st 605 71.7%
2021 67.27 211th 832 74.6%
2022 54.34 244th 605 59.7%
2023 79.70 129th 854 84.9%
2024 76.73 104th 533 80.5%
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Rank History for middle school Multi-racial students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 66.11 148th 650 77.2%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 28.10 644th 789 18.4%
2023 98.58 5th 363 98.6%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.45 254th 503 49.5%
2023 79.36 71st 717 90.1%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.58 223rd 624 64.3%
2019 86.94 41st 466 91.2%
2021 60.22 258th 820 68.5%
2023 66.43 212th 806 73.7%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.71 314th 617 49.1%
2019 49.65 195th 435 55.2%
2021 63.23 229th 818 72.0%
2023 84.23 88th 810 89.1%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.62 213th 543 60.8%
2021 69.07 153rd 802 80.9%
2022 53.94 158th 392 59.7%
2023 83.00 74th 760 90.3%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Canyon Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.89 313th 436 28.2%
2019 60.29 129th 337 61.7%
2021 57.42 281st 780 64.0%
2022 39.75 299th 446 33.0%
2023 61.08 219th 675 67.6%
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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.

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Enrollment information for Canyon Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1992 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 273 273
1993 369 9 3 11 1 n/a n/a 0 393
1994 427 10 3 17 8 n/a n/a 0 465
1995 406 16 4 33 1 n/a n/a 0 460
1996 406 16 4 33 1 n/a n/a 0 460
1997 432 17 9 34 1 n/a n/a 0 493
1998 431 12 13 37 2 n/a n/a 0 495
1999 429 7 9 34 3 n/a n/a 0 482
2000 350 9 7 42 2 n/a n/a 0 410
2001 348 8 5 44 6 n/a n/a 0 411
2002 392 16 6 69 5 n/a n/a 0 488
2003 392 16 6 69 5 n/a n/a 0 488
2004 378 18 5 74 3 n/a n/a 0 478
2005 403 20 3 79 4 n/a n/a 0 509
2006 402 20 8 84 6 n/a n/a 0 520
2007 419 27 8 86 5 n/a n/a 0 545
2008 400 23 7 90 4 n/a n/a 0 524
2009 397 27 7 89 2 n/a n/a 0 522
2010 381 27 5 86 2 n/a n/a 0 501
2011 341 14 7 96 3 1 24 0 486
2012 314 19 3 82 3 1 18 0 440
2013 300 21 5 88 0 3 14 0 431
2014 270 14 6 88 0 3 14 0 395
2015 233 8 1 65 0 2 20 0 329
2016 197 8 2 73 0 1 18 0 299
2017 207 8 1 86 0 1 16 0 319
2018 236 4 1 101 0 1 20 0 363
2019 225 6 1 97 0 1 20 0 350
2020 207 7 3 124 0 1 18 0 360
2021 175 3 1 104 0 0 15 0 298
2022 165 3 3 107 1 0 15 0 294
2023 161 5 4 117 0 0 7 0 294

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 Canyon Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 273 14.0 19.5 n/a
1993 393 22.1 17.8 n/a
1994 465 32.0 14.5 n/a
1995 460 33.0 13.9 n/a
1996 460 33.0 13.9 n/a
1997 493 32.0 15.4 n/a
1998 495 39.0 12.7 n/a
1999 482 40.2 12.0 n/a
2000 410 32.0 12.8 n/a
2001 411 39.3 10.5 n/a
2002 488 37.1 13.2 16
2003 488 37.1 13.2 16
2004 478 39.1 12.2 17.8
2005 509 39.2 13.0 13.8
2006 520 37.5 13.9 20.8
2007 545 34.6 15.8 21.5
2008 524 34.2 15.3 23.7
2009 522 35.9 14.5 30.5
2010 501 32.9 15.2 37.7
2011 486 35.5 13.6 38.7
2012 440 n/a n/a 37.7
2013 431 101.5 4.2 40.8
2014 395 90.1 4.3 42.8
2015 329 67.0 4.9 33.7
2016 299 20.0 14.9 44.5
2017 319 24.0 13.2 49.2
2018 363 23.6 15.3 42.7
2019 350 23.6 14.7 46
2020 360 26.6 13.5 49.7
2021 298 24.6 12.0 n/a
2022 294 20.0 14.7 22.1
2023 294 20.6 14.2 44.6

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 Canyon Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1992 273 14.0 19.5 n/a
1993 393 22.1 17.8 n/a
1994 465 32.0 14.5 n/a
1995 460 33.0 13.9 n/a
1996 460 33.0 13.9 n/a
1997 493 32.0 15.4 n/a
1998 495 39.0 12.7 n/a
1999 482 40.2 12.0 n/a
2000 410 32.0 12.8 n/a
2001 411 39.3 10.5 n/a
2002 488 37.1 13.2 16
2003 488 37.1 13.2 16
2004 478 39.1 12.2 17.8
2005 509 39.2 13.0 13.8
2006 520 37.5 13.9 20.8
2007 545 34.6 15.8 21.5
2008 524 34.2 15.3 23.7
2009 522 35.9 14.5 30.5
2010 501 32.9 15.2 37.7
2011 486 35.5 13.6 38.7
2012 440 n/a n/a 37.7
2013 431 101.5 4.2 40.8
2014 395 90.1 4.3 42.8
2015 329 67.0 4.9 33.7
2016 299 20.0 14.9 44.5
2017 319 24.0 13.2 49.2
2018 363 23.6 15.3 42.7
2019 350 23.6 14.7 46
2020 360 26.6 13.5 49.7
2021 298 24.6 12.0 n/a
2022 294 20.0 14.7 22.1
2023 294 20.6 14.2 44.6

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 Canyon Elementary School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $258 (2.5%) $410 (3.9%) $926 (8.9%) $8,246 (78.9%) $1,538 (14.7%) $9,783 (93.6%) $10,451
2020 $262 (2.8%) $303 (3.2%) $828 (8.8%) $7,734 (81.9%) $1,146 (12.1%) $8,880 (94.0%) $9,446
2021 $623 (4.3%) $1,035 (7.1%) $2,281 (15.7%) $11,596 (79.6%) $1,305 (9.0%) $12,901 (88.6%) $14,559
2022 $331 (2.3%) $444 (3.1%) $1,107 (7.7%) $11,871 (83.0%) $1,664 (11.6%) $13,535 (94.6%) $14,311

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Canyon Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 422nd of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 395th of 1245 Elementary schools
 8.9%
Ranks 171st of 605 Middle schoolsRanks 129th of 854 Middle schools
 13.2%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students350294
 16%
African American65
 16.7%
American Indian00
Asian14
 300%
Hispanic97117
 20.6%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White225161
 28.4%
Two or More Races207
 65%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients46%44.6%
 1.4%

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

High : Cactus High School

Students at Canyon Elementary School are 55% White, 40% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 294 students attended Canyon Elementary School.

Canyon Elementary School ranks 349th of 904 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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