Best Public Schools in Zip Code 85354

Zip code 85354 has three schools serving elementary, middle and high school students: Winters Well Elementary School (663 students), Ruth Fisher Middle School (745) and Tonopah Valley High School (869). In the latest all-grades results, from 2025–26, the schools average 22% proficiency in English language arts (ELA) and 19% in math, compared with state results of 41% and 33%. Most importantly, all three schools fall below the state in both subjects.

The all-grades leaders differ by subject, while Tonopah Valley is lowest in both. Ruth Fisher leads ELA at 27%, ahead of Winters Well’s 24% and Tonopah Valley’s 16%; Winters Well leads math at 26%, compared with 18% at Ruth Fisher and 13% at Tonopah Valley. Winters Well’s math result is 7 percentage points below the state, the smallest math gap among the schools; Ruth Fisher’s ELA result is 14 points below the state, the smallest ELA gap. Grade-level results add important contrasts: Winters Well fourth-grade math is 37%, just 3 points below the state, while its fifth-grade math is 17%, 21 points below. Ruth Fisher eighth-grade ELA is 32%, 7 points below the state.

SchoolDigger’s rankings show a weaker relative position over time at both schools with supplied histories, though Winters Well recovered in the latest year. Tonopah Valley fell from the 15th percentile in 2023–24 to the 12th in 2025–26; Winters Well dropped from the 34th to the 11th percentile, then rose to the 15th. Both have one star in 2025–26. Staffing figures offer another point of comparison: Ruth Fisher has the lowest student–teacher ratio at 19.3 and leads ELA, while Winters Well has the highest ratio at 25.5 and leads math. Enrollment, staffing and results do not form a consistent pattern across these schools. The reported results cover different grade spans, and free/reduced-lunch rates are not provided.