Summary:
The 11 schools in ZIP code 85027 include five elementary schools, one middle school, three high schools and two alternative schools, with grade spans ranging from grades 7–8 to PK–12. Among the eight schools with reported all-grades results, average proficiency is 53% in ELA and 44% in math, compared with 41% and 33% statewide. But results vary sharply: school scores span 57 percentage points in ELA and 68 in math, so a ZIP-code average tells parents much less than the individual school they are considering.
Reid Traditional Schools’ Valley Academy leads the reported results, with 84% proficient in ELA and 82% in math—43 and 49 points above state rates. Adams Traditional Academy is another strong option at 81% and 76%; SchoolDigger ranks Reid at the 98th percentile and Adams at the 97th, with five stars for each. Aspire Deer Valley’s Online Academy also exceeds state rates, at 62% ELA and 45% math. At the lower end, Deer Valley Middle School has 27% ELA and 14% math—14 and 19 points below state rates—and a SchoolDigger ranking at the 16th percentile. Union Park School is above state rates at 65% and 61%, though its grade 4 math result is 50%, below the district’s 56%.
Recent SchoolDigger ranking histories are mixed: Paseo Hills School gained 10 percentile points over three years, while Deer Valley Middle fell 8; across six schools with histories, rankings declined by an average of 2 points in the latest year. Enrollment and student-teacher ratios do not show a consistent pattern: Esperanza Elementary School has a ratio of 12.5 and results of 32% ELA and 19% math, while Reid’s ratio is 19.2 alongside the area’s highest scores. Barry Goldwater High School is a notable exception to judging by test results alone: its ELA and math scores are 36% and 24%, but its graduation rate is 87%, above the state’s 80%. Four schools lack usable results in at least one subject, including schools with suppressed or unlisted scores.
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