Mohave Today

In the 2022-23 school year, 64% of Mohave County students failed their AASA Language Arts test, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

The 10,364 students who took the AASA test were assessed at four proficiency levels in each subject. Those achieving proficiency levels one and two failed the test, while the 36% of students who reached the third and fourth proficiency levels passed the test.

Of those who failed, most achieved proficiency level one.

A 2023 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor marks for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

WalletHub claimed Arizona’s school system ranked among the worst across U.S. for class size, performance, funding, safety, and instructors’ credentials.

Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

School Name	Failure Rate
Bullhead City Middle School	84%
Beaver Dam High School	82%
Black Mountain Elementary School	80%
Cerbat Elementary	79%
Beaver Dam Elementary	79%
Kingman Middle School	78%
Havasuonline	78%
Fox Creek Junior High School	77%
Desert Valley School	76%
Hualapai Elementary	73%
Mt. Tipton Elementary School	73%
Sunrise Elementary	70%
Mohave Valley Junior High School	67%
White Cliffs Middle School	66%
Topock Elementary School	66%
Oro Grande Classical Academy	64%
Smoketree Elementary School	62%
Telesis Preparatory	62%
Manzanita Elementary	59%
Kingman Academy of Learning - Intermediate School	58%
Havasupai Elementary School	58%
Cottonwood Elementary	55%
Starline Elementary School	55%
Kingman Academy of Learning - Middle School	54%
Mohave Accelerated Elementary School	52%
Desert Star Academy	50%
Mohave Accelerated Learning Center	46%
El Capitan Public School	45%
Young Scholars Academy	41%
Mohave Accelerated Elementary School East	34%