Ball Charter Schools (Val Vista)

The listing for Ball Charter Schools (Val Vista) contains the area’s only K–8 school, with 403 students and a reported student–teacher ratio of 13.8, so there is no second local school to compare. Its clearest overall strength is that proficiency is above Arizona’s results in both subjects: 50% versus 41% in all-grades ELA, a 9-point advantage, and 39% versus 33% in math, a 6-point advantage.

Results differ considerably by grade, with grade 7 ELA and grade 8 science standing out, while grade 5 is the clearest weak spot. In 2025–26 ELA, grade 7 reached 75% proficiency versus 43% statewide, 32 points higher; in 2024–25 science, grade 8 reached 73% versus 30%, a 43-point advantage. By contrast, grade 5 ELA was 34% versus 38% statewide, 4 points lower, and grade 5 math was 31% versus 38%, 7 points lower. ELA proficiency ranges from 34% in grade 5 to 75% in grade 7, while math ranges from 31% in grade 5 to 52% in grade 4.

Ball Charter Schools (Val Vista) has a three-star rating from SchoolDigger and is ranked 419 of 900 schools, in the 53rd percentile. Its reported percentile was 58 in 2023–24 and 59 in 2024–25 before falling to 53 in 2025–26; the rank number worsened by 35 places from 384 to 419, though the ranking pool changed, and these figures do not establish a test-score trend. The student–teacher ratio is 13.8, and no free/reduced-lunch rate is reported. Since the list includes just one school, these figures cannot show how its characteristics or results compare with local peers.