Summary:
Schools in ZIP code 85254 include nine schools—five elementary, three middle and one high school—so families can find options from elementary through high school. On the supplied all-grades results, the schools average 64% in English language arts (ELA) and 60% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%. Results vary considerably, though: school scores span 27 percentage points in ELA and 42 points in math. The most important takeaway is that strong area-wide averages hide a wide gap between schools, especially in math.
Sequoya Elementary School is the clearest overall standout, with 79% in ELA and 82% in math—38 and 49 points above state rates. SchoolDigger ranks it 13th of 900 elementary schools, at the 99th percentile. Desert Shadows Elementary School also scores strongly, at 75% in ELA and 73% in math. Among middle schools, Cocopah Middle School leads in all-grades math and nearly ties for the ELA lead, with 69% in both subjects. At the lower end, Liberty Elementary School and Sunrise Middle School each score 52% in ELA, while Sunrise has the lowest math result at 40%. Liberty’s grade 6 results are a particular concern: 39% in ELA and 19% in math, versus state rates of 41% and 30%.
SchoolDigger’s recent rankings show mixed movement, not a uniform rise: Desert Shadows Elementary’s percentile increased from 86 to 95 over three years, while Sunrise fell from 77 to 71 and Liberty from 66 to 62. These rankings are not test-score changes. School size or student-teacher ratio alone does not identify the stronger school: Sequoya’s ratio is 16.2, compared with Liberty’s 12.5, yet Sequoya scores much higher; similarly, Cocopah’s grade 7 results (68% ELA, 67% math) exceed Sunrise’s (56%, 40%) despite Cocopah’s higher ratio. Horizon High School has a 95% graduation rate, above the state’s 80%, though its grade 11 science result of 21% is only 2 points above state. Grade spans differ, so broad school-to-school comparisons are not always like-for-like.
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