Summary:
ZIP code 85540 has one elementary school, Metcalf Elementary School, serving prekindergarten through grade 4, with 777 students. Its 2025–26 AASA results are above Arizona’s all-grades proficiency rates in both English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics. The most important finding is that its advantage over the state is larger in mathematics: 18 percentage points, compared with 12 points in ELA.
There is no second school in the ZIP code to rank above or below Metcalf, but its results exceed both the state and its district in the two all-grades subjects. ELA proficiency is 53%, versus 41% statewide and 42% in Morenci Unified District; mathematics is 51%, versus 33% statewide and 30% in the district. Grade 4 results are especially strong relative to state figures: ELA is 63% versus 47%, and mathematics is 59% versus 40%. The grade 3 gaps are smaller, at 4 points above the state in ELA and 6 points in mathematics. These grade comparisons show different results by grade, not changes in the same students’ performance.
SchoolDigger’s listed standing is lower in 2025–26 than in 2023–24, though its latest two entries are nearly unchanged. Metcalf moved from rank 266 of 912 schools and the 71st percentile with 4 stars in 2023–24 to rank 297 of 900, the 67th percentile, and 3 stars in 2025–26; from 2024–25 to 2025–26, it moved from rank 300 to 297 while its percentile and stars stayed the same. The school reports a student–teacher ratio of 18, but no free/reduced-lunch rate is provided; spending of $7,645 is from 2021–22. Because this list contains only one school, it cannot show how Metcalf compares with nearby schools on those measures.
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