Schools in Zip Code 85083

ZIP code 85083 has two PK–8 schools, Stetson Hills School and Inspiration Mountain School, both in Deer Valley Unified District. Both schools are well above Arizona’s proficiency results in every matched grade and subject: their all-grades ELA results are 65% and 67%, versus 41% statewide, while both score 66% in math, versus 33% statewide. The schools’ average advantage over the state is larger in math than in ELA, making strong math performance their clearest shared strength.

Inspiration Mountain is the overall leader, with a 2-point edge in all-grades ELA, a tie in math, and higher results in both science grades: 65% versus 52% in fifth grade and 70% versus 61% in eighth grade. It also ranks higher in SchoolDigger’s 2025–2026 statewide rankings, at 76th of 900 schools compared with Stetson Hills at 90th. Still, Stetson Hills has important grade-level strengths: it leads in ELA in grades 3, 6, and 8, and in math in grades 3, 5, and 8. The biggest school-to-school gaps are in fifth-grade ELA, where Inspiration Mountain leads by 18 points, and fifth-grade science, where it leads by 13.

SchoolDigger rankings improved for both schools over the three years reported: Stetson Hills gained 52 places and Inspiration Mountain gained 60, although those rank changes do not show whether test scores rose. Stetson Hills enrolls 887 students, compared with 789 at Inspiration Mountain, and has a lower student–teacher ratio, 17.7 versus 18.7; these figures do not clearly track with which school leads by grade. The main choice for families may depend on grade and subject, especially given the sharp fifth-grade ELA difference and Stetson Hills’ sixth-grade ELA lead. Test scores are available for only one year, so trends in achievement cannot be determined.