Summary:
ZIP code 85017 has five elementary schools, with reported grade-level results spanning grades 3 through 8. The schools’ all-grades results are sharply divided: only Alhambra Traditional School is above state averages in both English language arts (ELA) and math. The clearest finding for families is that Alhambra Traditional is a substantial academic outlier in this group.
Alhambra Traditional stands out at the top, with 76% proficient in ELA and 74% in math—35 and 41 percentage points above state rates. It leads the next-highest school by 47 points in ELA and 51 in math, and leads every disclosed grade-level ELA and math result; its grade 6 math score is 53 points above the state rate. At the bottom, Synergy Public School has the lowest all-grades results: 20% in ELA and 12% in math, each 21 points below the state. The other three schools—Granada Elementary School-West Campus, Ocotillo School, and Cordova Elementary School—are also below state averages in both subjects. Across all five schools, the average is 34% in ELA and 29% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%.
SchoolDigger’s rankings improved from 2023–24 to 2025–26 for four schools, while Synergy moved sharply downward: Ocotillo improved 117 places, Granada 68, Cordova 52, and Alhambra Traditional 18; Synergy fell 150 places, from 713th to 863rd. Alhambra Traditional is ranked 46th of 900 schools, at the 95th percentile, and has five stars from SchoolDigger; Synergy is at the 4th percentile. Staffing figures do not neatly explain the achievement differences: Alhambra Traditional has the group’s highest student–teacher ratio, 21.5, while low-scoring Cordova has the lowest, 16.8. Because test results are supplied for only one year, they show a snapshot rather than proficiency trends, and suppressed scores remain unknown.
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