Best Public Schools in Taylor, AZ

Taylor, Arizona, has two listed schools serving kindergarten through grade 12: Taylor Intermediate School (K–6) and Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor (grades 7–12), with 293 students combined. The clearest strength in the available academic results is Taylor Intermediate, where reported proficiency is well above Arizona’s rates in both English language arts and math.

Taylor Intermediate stands out in test results: its 2025–26 all-grades proficiency was 58% in ELA and 61% in math, compared with 41% and 33% statewide—a 17-point ELA advantage and a 28-point math advantage. Across grades 4–6, it also averaged 16 points above the state in ELA and 25 points above in math. Its largest grade-level advantages were in grade 4: 23 points in ELA and 36 in math. The Academy stands out instead in SchoolDigger’s ranking history, while neither school can be named the lower test performer because the Academy’s school-level test results are suppressed.

SchoolDigger’s rankings rose over time for both schools, though the measures are not proficiency trends: Taylor Intermediate moved from the 78th percentile in 2023–24 to the 81st in 2025–26, after dipping to the 75th; the Academy rose from the 7th percentile in 2017–18 to the 55th in 2022–23, and its rating increased from zero to three stars. Taylor Intermediate remained at four stars. Within its reported results, Taylor Intermediate’s grade 4 scores are notably higher than grades 5 and 6: ELA was 70% in grade 4 versus 51% and 53%, while math was 76% versus 54% and 53%. The schools also differ in size and staffing ratios: Taylor Intermediate has 234 students and a 20.5 student–teacher ratio, compared with 59 students and 11.8 at the Academy; free/reduced-lunch rates are not reported for either school.