Summary:
ZIP code 85120 has six schools—one elementary, two middle and three high schools—with 2,272 students, or about 379 per school. In 2025–26, the five schools with reported results averaged 28% proficiency in English language arts (ELA) and 17% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%; Apache Trail High School’s test scores are suppressed. The most important finding is that every school with reported results was below state rates in both subjects, with the average gap larger in math: 13 points in ELA and 16 points in math.
Imagine Prep Superstition leads the reported all-grades results, at 35% in ELA and 23% in math, while Imagine Superstition Middle has the lowest ELA result, 18%, and Cactus Canyon Junior High the lowest math result, 11%. Grade-matched results also show differences: in grade 8, Imagine Superstition Middle is ahead of Cactus Canyon by 10 points in ELA (28% versus 18%) and 7 in math (22% versus 15%). Among 11th graders, Imagine Prep is slightly ahead of Apache Junction High School in ELA (35% versus 33%) and math (23% versus 22%); its science result is 23%, compared with 17% at Apache Junction High and 19% statewide.
SchoolDigger ranking histories show mixed movement: Apache Junction High rose 33 percentile points, from the 6th percentile in 2023–24 to the 39th in 2025–26, while Avalon Elementary gained 5 points; Cactus Canyon fell 3 points and Imagine Prep fell 5. Graduation outcomes add another distinction: Apache Junction High’s 2024–25 rate was 91%, above the 80% state rate, while Imagine Prep’s was 49%; Apache Trail’s was 50%, and its dropout rate was 17% versus 5% statewide. Student-teacher ratios also do not identify a clear academic advantage: Imagine Superstition Middle’s ratio is 14.3, compared with Cactus Canyon’s 18.5, but their relative results vary by subject. Apache Trail’s current test standing cannot be assessed from the suppressed scores.
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