Summary:
The 13 schools in ZIP code 85207 include eight elementary schools, one middle school, two high schools and two alternative schools, serving students from elementary through high school. Across the 11 schools with reported results, average proficiency is 49% in ELA and 42% in math, compared with state averages of 41% and 33%; the median school enrollment is 494. The clearest takeaway is that these averages conceal a wide spread in school results: scores range by 74 points in ELA and 80 points in math.
Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies is the standout, with 94% proficiency in ELA and 93% in math—53 and 60 points above state results. It also leads reported science results, with 93% in fifth grade and 89% in eighth grade. Among conventional elementary schools, Las Sendas Elementary School is strongest at 71% ELA and 72% math, while Zaharis Elementary scores 60% and 52%. At the low end, Salk Elementary has the lowest reported ELA result, 20%, and Smith Junior High School the lowest math result, 13%; those scores are 21 and 20 points below state results. Graduation figures also differ: Red Mountain High School graduates 95% of students, versus 72% at East Valley High School; East Valley’s reported test scores are suppressed.
SchoolDigger ranking histories show improvement for some schools but not a uniform upward pattern: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, Sousa Elementary School gained 26 percentile points and Falcon Hill Elementary School gained 15, while Pathfinder Academy fell 5; the average change across nine schools was a gain of 4 points. SchoolDigger gives Las Sendas five stars and a 94th-percentile ranking, while Smith and Salk each receive one star. School size and student–teacher ratio do not sort schools into a simple performance order: Las Sendas has 645 students and a 17.2 ratio, compared with Taft’s 491 students and 14.8 ratio, yet their ELA scores are 71% and 36%. The test scores cover one year, so ranking changes do not establish whether achievement is rising or falling.
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