Summary:
The 85207 zip code area is home to two high schools: Red Mountain High School, a public high school serving 3,469 students in grades 9-12, and East Valley High School, a smaller public charter high school with 141 students. Based on the available data, Red Mountain High School emerges as the stronger performing institution, with higher test scores, graduation rates, and lower dropout rates compared to the Mesa Unified District and Arizona state averages.
Red Mountain High School is ranked 115 out of 271 Arizona high schools for the 2024-2025 school year, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its 11th grade proficiency rates in English Language Arts (51%) and Mathematics (40%) exceed the district (37% and 27%) and state (40% and 30%) averages. The school also maintains a relatively low dropout rate of 5.2% and a 4-year graduation rate of 78.4% for the 2023-2024 school year.
In contrast, East Valley High School, a Legacy Education Group charter school, has consistently ranked in the bottom quarter of Arizona high schools over the past few years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. While its 4-year graduation rate matches that of Red Mountain High School, its spending per student ($11,993) is significantly higher than Red Mountain's ($6,720), raising questions about the efficiency and effectiveness of its resource utilization.
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