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Bagdad Unified District

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At a glance

185^thof 267 Arizona districts▼ 7

Better than 30% of Arizona districts

Elementary 1 High 1 Alternative 1Grades PK, KG-12

500 Sultan Way
Bagdad, AZ 86321·(928) 633-4101·All Arizona district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 30.7% of districts

Schools

517

Students

Top rankedBagdad Elementary School553^rd of 900 Arizona elementary schools

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Summary:

Bagdad Unified District lists three schools serving grades PK–12: Bagdad Elementary School (PK–6), Bagdad Middle / Senior High School (6–12), and Sultan Virtual Academy (K–12), with 517 students in total. The district’s 2024–2025 graduation rate was 96%, compared with 80% statewide, even though most reported proficiency results were below state levels. The clearest school-to-school contrast is in mathematics: Elementary scored 34%, while Middle / Senior High scored 15%, a 19-point gap.

Bagdad Elementary stands out in all-grades mathematics, scoring 34%—1 point above the state’s 33%—while Bagdad Middle / Senior High had the lowest reported all-grades result, 15%, 18 points below the state. In ELA, the schools were closer: Middle / Senior High scored 34% and Elementary 32%, compared with 41% statewide; both were below the state. Middle / Senior High’s strongest reported result was 11th-grade ELA at 48%, 10 points above the state and 6 above the district. Results for the virtual academy are suppressed, so it cannot be ranked against the other schools.

SchoolDigger’s available ranking histories show movement in both directions, not a steady trend: Elementary’s percentile rose from 42 in 2023–2024 to 44, then fell to 39 in 2025–2026; Middle / Senior High’s rose from 32 in 2020–2021 to 46, then declined to 39. The district is listed by SchoolDigger at rank 185 of 267, in the 31st percentile, with 2 stars. Staffing figures offer another point of comparison: Elementary has 16.5 students per teacher, Middle / Senior High 13.1, and the Virtual Academy 28.5. The lower ratio at Middle / Senior High does not coincide with higher all-grades mathematics in this comparison, but these figures alone do not explain the proficiency difference.

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Ranking:

E Elementary M Middle H High A Alternative P Private

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				AASA English Language Arts (2026)								AASA Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 11th Grade	AASA English Language Arts All Grades	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 11th Grade	AASA Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners fully immunized against measles (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Bagdad Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	200 Sultan Way	Bagdad	86321	Yavapai County	Bagdad Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 633-4101	286	17	16.5	27.3%	175 (61.2%)	2 (0.7%)	87 (30.4%)	1 (0.3%)	8 (2.8%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.5%)	30	553^rd of 900 public elementary schools	38.6%		35.2	512^th of 909 public elementary schools	43.7%	41	34.0		30.0	32.0				32.0	36.0	40.0	33.0	30.0				34.0	85.3%	17.6%	$11,062	$122	$786	$909	$9,408	$745	$10,153
Bagdad Middle / Senior High School	Public	6-12	100 Sultan Way	Bagdad	86321	Yavapai County	Bagdad Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 633-4101	211	16	13.1	25.1%	127 (60.2%)	1 (0.5%)	71 (33.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.3%)								(n/a)							48.0	34.0								15.0			$13,024	$00	$413	$413	$10,799	$1,812	$12,611
Sultan Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	100 Sultan Way	Bagdad	86321	Yavapai County	Bagdad Unified District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(928) 633-4101	20	1	28.5	—	14 (70.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (30.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)																			$2,019	$00			$2,019		$2,019

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Mountain Institute CTED #2	0.07 mi	12
Hillside Elementary District	18.61 mi	1
Owens School District No.6	26.16 mi	1
Skull Valley Elementary District	28.75 mi	1
Kirkland Elementary District	29.05 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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