Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 85201 include 12 schools: seven elementary, one middle, three high schools, and one alternative school, offering options from elementary through high school as well as career-technical education. Ten schools have reported 2025–26 all-grades results; the two EVIT campuses have no supplied test scores, and schoolwide free/reduced-lunch figures are blank. Across the ten reporting schools, average proficiency was 28% in ELA and 20% in math, compared with 41% and 33% statewide—a 13-point shortfall in each subject. The clearest area-wide finding is that reported proficiency trails the state in both subjects.
Heartwood AZ leads in ELA, with 47% proficient—6 points above the state—while its 23% in math is 10 points below. Concordia Charter School leads in math at 25%, still 8 points below the state. Carson Junior High School is lowest in both all-grades subjects: 17% in ELA and 11% in math, respectively 24 and 22 points below state results. Among the five PK–6 schools, Whitman Elementary School has the strongest ELA result at 29%, while Emerson Elementary School leads in math at 24%. Whittier Elementary School is lowest in this group in both subjects, at 22% ELA and 15% math.
SchoolDigger’s average ranking percentile for seven schools with three years of history rose from 10 in 2023–24 to 20 in 2025–26, though that is a ranking trend, not proof of rising test proficiency; the latest year-to-year increase was 2 points. Webster Elementary School rose from percentile 3 to 31, while Carson moved from 5 to 4. SchoolDigger percentiles are not test-score percentages, and ranks across different school levels are not directly comparable. Within the PK–6 group, student–teacher ratios range from 16.7 at Whittier to 19.6 at Emerson and Whitman; the lower ratio does not coincide with higher results, as Whittier has the lowest scores while Emerson and Whitman lead in different subjects.
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