Summary:
ZIP code 85009 has two middle schools, both in Isaac Elementary District: Morris K. Udall Escuela de Bellas Artes serves grades 5–8, and Isaac Middle School serves grades 6–8. In 2025–26, both schools had 20% of students proficient in all-grades English language arts (ELA), compared with 41% statewide; math proficiency was 14% at Udall and 9% at Isaac, versus 33% statewide. The latest grade 8 science results, from 2024–25, were 17% and 9%, respectively, compared with 30% statewide. The central finding is that proficiency is substantially below state levels at both schools, with no broad school-wide result close to the state rate.
Udall stands out relative to Isaac in math and grade 8 science: it leads by 5 percentage points in math and 8 points in science, while ELA is tied at 20%. Both schools are below the state in each of these measures. The ELA tie hides grade-level differences: Isaac leads in grade 6, 21% to 15%, while Udall leads in grade 7, 27% to 19%, and grade 8, 19% to 18%. Some individual results compare more favorably with district rates: Udall’s grade 5 math proficiency is 26%, above the district’s 18%, and Isaac’s grade 6 ELA and math results are each 3 points above district rates. These grade-specific bright spots do not close the state gaps.
SchoolDigger rankings show modest improvement since 2023–24, though neither school is highly ranked: Udall’s percentile went from 2 to 11 and then 8, while Isaac’s rose from 3 to 4 after staying at 3; both have zero stars. Udall ranks 491st of 536 schools and Isaac 514th. They are similar in size and student–teacher ratio: Udall enrolls 553 students with a 20.4-to-1 ratio, while Isaac enrolls 474 with a 20.6-to-1 ratio. Results do not rise consistently across grades or years, so families may want to consider the grade-specific figures alongside the overall comparisons. Some grade-level math results are suppressed, and those unknown figures are not treated as zero.
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