Summary:
Zip code 85306 has 11 schools: six elementary schools, three high schools and two alternative schools, serving different grade spans. Most reported proficiency results are from 2025–26 state tests. Across the nine schools with reported all-grades results, the average was 39% in English language arts (ELA) and 31% in math, about 2 percentage points below the state in each subject. The clearest takeaway is the wide divide between schools: ELA results range from 13% to 63%, and math results from 11% to 49%.
Legacy Traditional School – Glendale leads the reported all-grades results, with 63% proficient in ELA and 49% in math—22 and 16 points above state results. Desert Heights Charter School is also well above state, at 57% in ELA and 46% in math. At the other end, Hope High School Online reports 13% in ELA and 11% in math, 28 and 22 points below state. Grade-specific results reveal strengths that all-grades figures can miss: Canyon Elementary School has 79% proficiency in eighth-grade ELA and 62% in eighth-grade math, compared with state results of 39% and 30%; its all-grades results are 49% and 34%.
SchoolDigger rankings show mixed movement rather than a shared trend: Legacy Traditional School – Glendale rose from the 68th to the 73rd percentile from 2023–24 to 2025–26, while Canyon Elementary School fell from the 59th to the 52nd percentile. These are SchoolDigger ranking changes, not evidence of changes in test proficiency; earlier-year test scores are not provided. Staffing ratios also do not offer a simple guide: Legacy has a 24.1-to-1 student–teacher ratio and leads the all-grades results, while Foothills Elementary School has a 15.5-to-1 ratio but 21% all-grades math proficiency. For families comparing schools by grade, Pioneer Elementary School stands out in fourth-grade math at 52%, above the state’s 40%.
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