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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 85546

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School

375

Students

Top rankedSafford Middle School320^th of 536 Arizona middle schools

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Summary:

Zip code 85546 has one listed middle school, Safford Middle School, serving grades 7–8 and 375 students. In 2025–26, its proficiency results were below Arizona’s in every reported ELA and math comparison; grade 8 science was also below the state in 2024–25. The clearest concern is mathematics: the all-grades result was 22% proficient, compared with 33% statewide and 29% in the Safford Unified District.

Safford Middle is both the only school in the list and the only one that can be assessed here, so there is no local school-to-school leader or trailer. Its strongest state comparison was grade 7 ELA: 41% proficient, 2 percentage points below Arizona and matching the district. Its weakest was all-grades math, 11 points below the state; grade 7 and grade 8 math were 5 and 7 points below Arizona, respectively, and both matched the district. Grade 8 ELA was 33%, 6 points below the state, while grade 8 science was 26%, 4 points below Arizona.

SchoolDigger’s ranking improved over the longer period but slipped in the latest year: the school moved from 350th of 550 schools (36th percentile) in 2023–24 to 320th of 536 (40th percentile) in 2025–26, after reaching the 44th percentile in 2024–25. SchoolDigger gives it 2 stars; these rankings do not establish a trend in test scores. The listed student–teacher ratio is 20.4, and the free/reduced-lunch rate is not supplied. Because this list includes only one school, it cannot support comparisons with other nearby schools, and the supplied all-grades math figures do not align with the grade-level results: 33% statewide versus 27% and 30% in grades 7 and 8.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				AASA English Language Arts (2026)			AASA Mathematics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA English Language Arts All Grades	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics All Grades	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
Safford Middle School	Public	7-8	698 W 11th St	Safford	85546	Graham County	Safford Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 348-7040	375	18	20.4	37.3%	152 (40.5%)	4 (1.1%)	203 (54.1%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (2.4%)	31.2	320^th of 536 public middle schools	40.3%		34	307^th of 552 public middle schools	44.4%	13	41.0	33.0	37.0	22.0	23.0	22.0	$6,294	$50	$08	$58	$5,695	$542	$6,236

Cities Near Zip Code 85546

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Safford	0.46 mi	12	51^st
Thatcher	3.21 mi	7	39^th
Solomon	4.87 mi	1
Pima	8.38 mi	7	44^th
Fort Thomas	21.2 mi	3

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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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