Summary:
ZIP code 85373 has two schools in the Peoria Unified School District: Zuni Hills Elementary School, serving pre-K–8, and Peoria Traditional School, serving kindergarten–8. Both report results for grades 3–8, making their grade-level scores comparable. The area’s school results vary sharply, particularly in middle-school math; the most important finding is that Peoria Traditional leads Zuni Hills in every reported AASA grade and subject.
Peoria Traditional is the clear standout: in 2025–26, 80% of students were proficient in both ELA and math, compared with 53% and 44%, respectively, at Zuni Hills. Peoria’s results were 39 percentage points above the state in ELA and 47 points above in math; Zuni was above the state overall by 12 points in ELA and 11 in math. The gap grows in grade 8, where Peoria leads Zuni by 49 points in ELA and 69 in math. Zuni’s grade-8 scores—38% in ELA and 25% in math—were just below state results of 39% and 30%. Peoria also led in science: its grade-5 proficiency was 60% versus Zuni’s 45%, and grade-8 proficiency was 58% versus 30%.
SchoolDigger rankings also place Peoria higher: it earned five stars and ranked 32nd of 900 schools, in the 96th percentile, while Zuni earned four stars and ranked 235th, in the 74th percentile. From 2023–24 to 2025–26, Peoria stayed near the top of the reported percentile range, moving from the 97th to the 96th percentile; Zuni rose from the 70th to the 74th, after reaching the 75th in 2024–25. Peoria’s enrollment is smaller—380 students versus Zuni’s 794—but that difference does not explain the score gap. Zuni reports a student-teacher ratio of 18.6; no comparable ratio or free/reduced-lunch figures are available for both schools, and the test results cover only one year.
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