Schools in Zip Code 85212

Schools in zip code 85212 include 14 schools: six elementary, one middle, one high, and six alternative schools serving different grade ranges. Their unweighted all-grades averages are 52% in ELA and 44% in math, about 11 percentage points above the state in each subject. But the defining finding for families is how widely results vary from school to school: all-grades proficiency spans 28% to 79% in ELA and 15% to 70% in math.

BASIS Mesa is the clearest academic standout, leading all-grades ELA at 79% and math at 70%; those figures are 38 and 37 points above the state, respectively. It also led in 8th-grade ELA and math, with 86% in each, and 11th-grade science, at 94%. Highland Junior High School also stands out, with 61% ELA and 56% math overall, while Canyon Rim Elementary led traditional elementary schools at 63% ELA and 60% math. At the low end, Liberty Arts Academy had 28% ELA, 13 points below state, and American Leadership Academy Virtual had 15% math, 18 points below state.

SchoolDigger’s ranking percentiles improved from 2023–2024 to 2025–2026 for all seven schools with three years of data, rising by 2 to 11 points; their average moved from 72 to 77. Eastmark High School gained 11 points overall but fluctuated from 71 to 63 to 82, and its 94.5% graduation rate contrasts with 10% 11th-grade science proficiency. School size and student–teacher ratios do not neatly track results: West Foothills had 56% ELA and 45% math with a 16.9 ratio, while Sierra Vista had 43% and 32% with an 8.9 ratio. Results cover one testing year, schools serve different grades, and suppressed scores are unknown rather than zero.