Summary:
ZIP code 85373 has two elementary schools—Zuni Hills Elementary School and Peoria Traditional School—and both serve grades 3–8, allowing direct comparisons across those grades. Both schools are above Arizona’s all-grades averages in ELA and math, but results vary substantially between them. The most important takeaway is that Peoria Traditional is the area’s clear achievement standout, with 80% proficient in both subjects.
Peoria Traditional leads, while Zuni Hills has lower results but remains above the state overall: Zuni is at 53% in ELA and 44% in math, compared with Peoria’s 80% in each, gaps of 27 and 36 points. Peoria is 39 points above the state in ELA and 47 points above in math; Zuni is 12 and 11 points above. Peoria also beats the state in all 12 grade-level ELA and math comparisons, while Zuni does so in 10 of 12; Zuni’s eighth-grade results are 1 point below state in ELA and 5 points below in math. The contrast appears in science, too: in 2024–25, Peoria was above the state in grades 5 and 8, while Zuni was 11 points above in grade 5 and matched the state in grade 8.
SchoolDigger’s ranking history shows a small net rise for Zuni, from the 70th percentile in 2023–24 to the 74th in 2025–26, while Peoria slipped from the 97th to the 96th percentile; these rankings do not show test-score growth. Enrollment is lower at Peoria—380 students versus 794 at Zuni—alongside its stronger results, but the figures do not explain the difference. Zuni’s reported student-teacher ratio is 18.6; Peoria’s is not reported, and neither school has a reported free/reduced-lunch rate, so staffing and income comparisons are unavailable. Families comparing the schools will find the largest achievement gaps in eighth grade: Peoria leads by 49 points in ELA and 69 points in math.
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