K-12

How to Navigate the Arizona Educational System:
With some help from us, of course!….

The public school system in Arizona is divided into elementary, high school and unified districts. The elementary districts include kindergarten through eighth grades. High school districts include ninth through twelfth grades. The unified school districts include K-12. There are some junior high schools, but most of these include only seventh and eighth grades, so are in the elementary districts.

Here are some helpful links to get you started:

• www.greatschools.net - Good general "report card" and comparison information.
• www.kinderstart.com - Great search engine with links to just about everything you can imagine.
• National Center for Education Statistics www.nces.ed.gov/ allow visitors to do state by state comparisons of educational statistics.
• School “Report Cards“: www.ade.state.az.us/srcs/
• The National Association of Independent Schools - www.nais.org. Great information on private schools.
• Arizona private schools index: www.privateschool.about.com/cs/schoolsaz/
• Arizona Department of Education web site - www.ade.state.az.us. Phone: 602-542-3184.
• Maricopa County Superintendent of Public Instruction - Phone: 602-506-3866.

School District Links (listed alphabetically):

• Cave Creek Unified: www.ccusd.k12.az.us
• Chandler Unified: www.chandler.k12.az.us
• Fountain Hills Unified: www.fhusd.org
• Gilbert Unified District: www.gilbert.k12.az.us
• Glendale Elementary District: www.gesd.k12.az.us
• Glendale Union High School District: www.guhsd.k12.az.us
• Kyrene School District (in Tempe): www.kyrene.org/ksdportal
• Madison School District (in Phoenix): www.msd38.k12.az.us
• Mesa Public Schools: www.mpsaz.org/main2
• Paradise Valley Unified: www.pvusd.k12.az.us
• Peoria Unified School District: www.peoriaud.k12.az.us
• Scottsdale Unified District: www.susd.org/district/main/index.asp
• Tempe School District: www.tempe3.k12.az.us
• Tempe Union High Schools: www.tuhsd.k12.az.us