Summary:
Apache Junction Unified District has five schools serving elementary, middle, and high school students in the Apache Junction area, with enrollments ranging from 282 to 796. On the latest AASA results, the five schools averaged 30% proficient in ELA and 24% in math, compared with state results of 41% and 33%. The clearest overall takeaway is that results are below state levels on average, with especially wide differences between schools in math.
Peralta Trail Elementary School is the academic standout: it had the group’s highest all-grades results in both ELA and math, at 37% in each. Its math score was 4 points above the state result, while its ELA score was 4 points below. At the other end, Cactus Canyon Junior High had the lowest results, with 22% in ELA and 11% in math; the 26-point math spread from Cactus Canyon to Peralta is notably wider than the 15-point ELA spread. Four Peaks Elementary School matched the state’s 3rd-grade math result at 38%, though its 5th-grade math score was 23%. Apache Junction High School stands out for graduation: 91% of students graduated, compared with 80% statewide, even though its 11th-grade ELA, math, and science results were below state figures.
SchoolDigger’s rankings show different paths over time: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, the high school rose from the 6th to the 39th percentile, while the other four schools’ percentiles each declined by 3 to 6 points. Across all five, the average percentile rose from 23 to 26. School size and student–teacher ratios do not show a simple pattern that identifies stronger results: Peralta has the highest scores and 18.0 students per teacher, while Four Peaks has the lowest ratio, 13.7, and Desert Vista Elementary School has a ratio of 18.5. SchoolDigger rankings are not test-score trends, and free/reduced-lunch figures are unavailable.
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