Best Public Schools in Zip Code 85034

The 85034 school list includes 23 schools—6 elementary, 10 high schools, and 7 alternative schools—with options spanning early childhood through high school. Across schools reporting all-grades results, averages are above state figures: 60% in ELA versus 41% statewide and 56% in math versus 33%. The most important finding for families is that these above-state averages hide a wide gap between schools, with results ranging from 82% to 24% in ELA and 89% to 18% in math.

Great Hearts Academies – Archway Chandler is the clearest test-score standout, with 82% ELA and 89% math—41 and 56 points above the state, respectively—and it also leads the reported grade 3–5 comparisons. At the other end, Silvestre S. Herrera School reports 24% ELA and 18% math, 17 and 15 points below state figures. Other notable results include 95% 11th-grade ELA at Great Hearts Academies – Scottsdale Prep and 80% 11th-grade math at Great Hearts Academies – Anthem Prep. In grade 5 science, Great Hearts Academies – Archway Glendale leads at 67%, compared with a 34% state result.

SchoolDigger rank histories show mixed movement, not a clear area-wide rise or decline: among 14 schools with comparable histories, the average statewide-percentile change was about 0 points, while Great Hearts Academies – Veritas Prep rose from the 87th to the 94th percentile and Herrera fell from the 43rd to the 20th. SchoolDigger’s latest rankings also place Scottsdale Prep 3rd of 256 high schools, Great Hearts Academies – Glendale Prep 5th, and Great Hearts Academies – Chandler Prep 8th. Size and student–teacher ratios do not form a simple pattern: Great Hearts Academies – Archway Scottsdale enrolls 1,079 students and reports 71% ELA and 72% math, while smaller Great Hearts Academies – Trivium Prep has a 10.8-to-1 ratio and reports 65% ELA and 47% math. Results vary by grade, too: Great Hearts Academies – Archway Veritas reports 54% all-grades math but 30% in third grade. Schools serve different grade spans, and free/reduced-lunch rates were not supplied.