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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 85331

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The 85331 zip code area in Arizona is home to two high-performing elementary schools - Lone Mountain Elementary School and Desert Willow Elementary School. Both schools are part of the Cave Creek Unified District, which is ranked 77 out of 289 districts in Arizona and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Lone Mountain Elementary is ranked in the top 12% of Arizona elementary schools, while Desert Willow Elementary is in the top 22%. Both schools have maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 3 years, indicating they provide a high-quality education to their students. Lone Mountain Elementary stands out with particularly strong proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics, with 85% of 6th graders proficient or better in ELA compared to the state average of 41%.

Despite being in the same district, the two schools differ in their per-student spending, with Lone Mountain spending over $700 more per student than Desert Willow. They also have varying student-teacher ratios, with Desert Willow having a significantly lower ratio of 14.4 compared to Lone Mountain's 17.1. These differences in funding and staffing may contribute to the schools' differing academic outcomes, and are areas worth further exploration.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Total
EVIT Cactus Shadows High School	Public	10-12	5802 E Dove Road	Cave Creek	85331	Maricopa County	East Valley Institute of Technology	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 575-2400	7				2 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (14.3%)	2 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (28.6%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 85331

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Scottsdale	2.26 mi	62	12^th
Cave Creek	2.64 mi	3	9^th
Phoenix	6.31 mi	494	57^th
Desert Hills	7.46 mi	1	18^th
Anthem	8.77 mi	8	8^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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