Summary:
ZIP code 85132 has 10 schools: six listed as elementary, two high schools and two alternative schools, serving students across elementary, middle and high-school grades. In 2025–26, nine schools had reported all-grades results, averaging 27% proficiency in ELA and 21% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%. Results vary widely, especially in math; the clearest overall finding is that Anthem Elementary School is the only school above the state in either subject, with math proficiency above the state rate.
Anthem Elementary School leads the reported all-grades results, with 36% in ELA and 43% in math—the highest supplied rates in each subject. Its math result is 10 points above the state’s 33%, and it also leads in math across grades 3–6, scoring 40%–44% compared with state rates of 30%–40%. At the other end, Walker Butte Middle School has the lowest reported all-grades results: 20% in ELA and 10% in math, 16 and 33 points below Anthem, respectively; Florence Elementary School is also low in math at 13%. Skyline Ranch Elementary School is a science bright spot, with 36% in fifth-grade science, 2 points above the state. Among the high schools, Poston Butte High School leads Florence High School in 11th-grade ELA by 9 points and math by 7.
SchoolDigger rankings show mixed movement rather than broad improvement: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, rankings rose for Poston Butte (26th to 39th percentile) and Magma Ranch Elementary (8th to 21st), but fell for Florence Elementary (26th to 6th); across seven schools, the average ranking declined about 1 percentile point. Ratios and enrollment alone do not point to stronger results: Skyline Ranch has a 14.9 student–teacher ratio, while similarly sized Circle Cross STEM Academy and Anthem report notably different results. Both high schools have graduation rates above the state’s 80%—92% at Poston Butte and 93% at Florence High—even though both trail the state in 11th-grade ELA and math. Mountain Vista Academy’s test scores are suppressed, and the supplied data include no free/reduced-lunch rates.
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