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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 85390

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Summary:

The 85390 zip code is home to a single middle school, Vulture Peak Middle School, which serves students in grades 6-8. While the school benefits from a relatively low student-teacher ratio, its academic performance has consistently lagged behind district and state averages, with low proficiency rates in English Language Arts and a high dropout rate.

Wickenburg Unified District, which oversees Vulture Peak Middle School, has struggled to provide students with the support they need to succeed. In the 2024-2025 school year, only 25% of 6th graders and 23% of 7th graders at Vulture Peak were proficient or better in ELA, compared to 30% and 24% for the district, and 41% and 42% for the state. Additionally, the school's dropout rate of 5.2% for the 2023-2024 school year is significantly higher than the state average.

Despite the school's low student-teacher ratio of 11.3, which is lower than the state average, and per-student spending that is slightly below the state average, Vulture Peak Middle School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Arizona middle schools, with a ranking of 559 out of 854 schools in the 2022-2023 school year. This suggests that the school may need to re-evaluate its curriculum, teaching practices, and resource allocation to better support the academic needs of its students and improve their overall performance.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				AASA English Language Arts (2025)		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 (2023)	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	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Vulture Peak Middle School	Public	4-8	920 South Vulture Mine Rd.	Wickenburg	85390	Maricopa County	Wickenburg Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 684-6700	118	10	11.6	50.6%	59 (50.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (46.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)								(n/a)	25.0	23.0	$6,791	$897	$636	$2,431	$5,354		$5,257

Cities Near Zip Code 85390

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wickenburg	0.82 mi	5	72^nd
Morristown	10.34 mi	1
Congress	15.72 mi	1
Wittmann	17.83 mi	4	88^th
Peeples Valley	21.29 mi	1

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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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