Tucson Unified Offering a K-6 Option

Tucson Unified will be offering a K-6 option at 10 elementary schools beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. This effort is to provide Tucson families more choices when it comes to their children's education.

The schools that will now offer up to sixth grade are:

Banks
Collier
Davidson
Gale
Henry
Lynn-Urquides
Soleng Tom
Steele
Vesey
Whitmore

Parental choice is the main reason why the district will provide the K-6 option at 10 pilot schools.

Benefits of choosing to stay in a K-6 school include:

Parents can select the best option for the development and education of their child.
Studies show smaller academic communities foster better student-teacher relationships.
Students can transition from self-contained classrooms to departmentalized instruction in a comfortable, familiar environment.
Sixth graders in K-6 schools tend to do better academically and have fewer discipline issues.

The benefits of choosing to move up to a middle school include:

A higher level of enrichment options such as fine arts, laboratory science, language and other electives.
Increased opportunities to participate in team sports and after-school activities.
More social interaction.
A greater level of responsibility and self-sufficiency.

Interested parents can contact the pilot schools to learn more and register for the upcoming school year.