Summary:
ZIP code 85023 has eight schools: six elementary schools, one middle school and one high school, offering families options from elementary through high school. Across the schools, the unweighted average was 46% proficient in ELA and 40% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%. But those averages mask a wide spread: the top and bottom schools are 34 percentage points apart in ELA and 32 points apart in math. The most important takeaway is that results depend substantially on which school a family considers.
Hearn Academy The - A Ball Charter School leads the All Grades results, with 63% proficient in ELA and 54% in math—22 and 21 points above state rates. Lookout Mountain School and Reid Traditional Schools' Painted Rock Academy also stand out: both have 61% ELA, and Lookout reports 53% math while Painted Rock has 49%. At the other end, Constitution Elementary School has the lowest results in both subjects, at 29% ELA and 22% math—12 and 11 points below state rates. Thunderbird High School is above state results in its reported tests and has a 94% graduation rate, compared with 80% statewide and 87% in the Glendale Union High School District.
SchoolDigger’s rankings place Lookout, Hearn and Painted Rock in the 72nd–79th percentiles statewide in 2025–26, though the eight schools’ average ranking percentile fell from 59 in 2023–24 to 55; these rankings are not test-score trends. Grade-level results can also help distinguish options: in third-grade ELA, Lookout, Village Meadows and Painted Rock each score 55%, compared with 18% at Constitution. Enrollment and student-teacher ratios do not consistently track with results: Lookout has the highest elementary ratio, 20.2, yet its results are among the strongest, while Village Meadows and John Jacobs have nearly identical enrollment but differ by 12 points in ELA. These comparisons describe reported results and do not establish what explains them.
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