Summary:
ZIP code 85388 has eight schools—four elementary, one middle and three high school—with enrollments from 696 to 2,212 students. Across the schools, average 2025–26 proficiency was 56% in ELA and 45% in math, compared with 41% and 33% statewide; all eight were above the state in ELA and seven were above it in math. The clearest standout is Canyon Ridge School, which led the group in both combined-grade subjects and in reported fifth- and eighth-grade science.
Canyon Ridge posted 70% in ELA and 63% in math, 29 and 30 points above state results. Its science scores were 58% in fifth grade versus 34% statewide, and 64% in eighth grade versus 30%. At the other end, Cimarron Springs Middle School had the lowest combined-grade math score at 29%, four points below state, though its ELA was 50% versus 41% statewide. Its grade-level results vary: seventh-grade math was 21% versus 27% statewide, while eighth-grade math was 39% versus 30%, and eighth-grade science was 50% versus 30%. Among high schools, Shadow Ridge High School led 11th-grade science with 38%, compared with 31% at Paradise Honors High School and 25% at Willow Canyon High School. Shadow Ridge and Willow Canyon reported graduation rates of 98% and 97%, respectively, versus 80% statewide.
SchoolDigger ranking percentiles show a modest improvement for six schools with comparable histories: their average moved from 72 in 2023–24 to 75 in 2025–26, an increase of about four points, but this is not a test-score trend. Individual changes were mixed: Willow Canyon rose 14 points, while Western Peaks Elementary fell seven and Canyon Ridge fell two. Staffing ratios also offer context, not an explanation: among the three high schools, Paradise Honors High had the lowest ratio at 17.4 and led in 11th-grade ELA, while Shadow Ridge led in math and science; Willow Canyon had the highest ratio, 24.3. School-level graduation data were not available for Paradise Honors High, and free/reduced-lunch figures were blank for all eight schools.
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