Summary:
Willcox Unified District has three schools serving PK–12: Willcox Elementary School (PK–4), Willcox Middle School (grades 4–8), and Willcox High School (grades 9–12). Results vary substantially by school and subject, with elementary math the clearest bright spot and middle-school math the biggest concern.
Willcox Elementary leads the all-grades math results at 34%, just above the 33% state figure; Willcox Middle is lowest at 6%, a 28-point gap. Elementary also stands out in grade 3 math, at 43% compared with 38% statewide. In ELA, Willcox High leads the district at 31%, while Middle is lowest at 23%; all three schools fall short of the 41% state figure. In grade 4 and grade 11 comparisons, math is farther below the state than ELA: the gaps are 14 versus 12 points in grade 4, and 12 versus 7 points in grade 11.
SchoolDigger rankings show a high-school rebound, but not a full recovery: High moved from the 53rd percentile in 2023–24 to the 12th in 2024–25 and then the 33rd in 2025–26. Elementary rose from the 32nd to the 35th percentile over that period, while Middle went from the 20th to the 25th after a dip. Ratios offer another point of comparison: Elementary has the lowest at 14.5 students per teacher, compared with 15.1 at Middle and 17.4 at High; these figures do not by themselves explain academic results. Because the schools cover different grade spans, all-grades results are not like-for-like, and free/reduced-lunch fields are blank.
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