Summary:
Zip code 85310 has one listed middle school: Hillcrest Middle School, serving grades 7–8, with 732 students and a student–teacher ratio of 19.5. In 2025–2026, 61% of students were proficient in ELA and 54% in mathematics, compared with statewide rates of 41% and 33%. The most important finding is that Hillcrest was well above state proficiency rates in both subjects and in each grade.
Because it is the only school in the list, Hillcrest is both the area’s highest- and lowest-ranked listed school; there is no local school-to-school comparison. SchoolDigger gave it four stars and ranked it 71st of 536 schools, in the 87th percentile, in 2025–2026. Its overall ELA and math proficiency rates were also above those for Deer Valley Unified District: 61% versus 55% in ELA and 54% versus 49% in math. Grade-level results show different patterns by subject: ELA proficiency was 64% in grade 7 and 57% in grade 8, while math was 52% in grade 7 and 56% in grade 8. Eighth-grade science was 53% proficient in 2024–2025, 23 percentage points above the state rate of 30% and 2 points above the district’s 51%.
SchoolDigger’s ranking history improved overall from 2023–2024, but did not rise steadily: Hillcrest ranked 73rd of 550 schools and was in the 87th percentile that year, then ranked 92nd of 552 and was in the 83rd percentile in 2024–2025, before reaching 71st of 536 and the 87th percentile in 2025–2026. Its latest rank was 2 places better than in 2023–2024, while its percentile was unchanged; these rankings are not a direct measure of test-score change. The reported student–teacher ratio is 19.5, but no free/reduced-lunch rate is provided. With just one school listed, the available figures do not establish how Hillcrest compares with similar schools.
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