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Challenger Middle School

Regular School · TUCSON, AZ

Challenger Middle School is a regular school school in TUCSON, Arizona, serving grades 06–08 with 590 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 19.5:1.

Level
Middle
Grades
06 – 08
Enrollment
590
Teachers (FTE)
30.2
Student–Teacher Ratio
19.5:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 508 86%
American Indian / Alaska Native 32 5%
White 21 4%
Black or African American 21 4%
Two or more races 6 1%
Asian 2 0%
Total enrollment 590 305M / 285F

English Language Learners: 137 (23% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 5.0% -26.9pp 31.9% 679
Reading Proficiency 13.0% -25.9pp 38.9% 675

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.62 grade levels
Math
-0.04 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
Program offered
19 students enrolled
Out-of-School Suspensions
107
18.1% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
652
110.5% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 590 100%

Contact & Location

100 E ELVIRA RD

TUCSON, AZ 85756

Phone: (520)545-4600

http://www.susd12.org/challenger

District

Sunnyside Unified District (4407)

Per-pupil expenditure: $11,891

District enrollment: 14,317

NCES ID

040817001613

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD