Schools in Zip Code 85547

The four schools in ZIP code 85547 serve grades K–12 in Payson Unified District. In 2025–26, the three schools with reported all-grades AASA results averaged 31% proficiency in English language arts (ELA) and 23% in math, compared with 41% and 33% statewide. Payson Elementary School has no supplied test scores, and free/reduced-lunch entries are blank. The clearest area-wide finding is that every school with results was below the state in both subjects.

Julia Randall Elementary School leads the reported all-grades results, with 32% in ELA and 26% in math; its nearest competitors are 2 points behind in ELA and 3 points behind in math. Rim Country Middle School has the lowest math result at 21%, while its 30% ELA ties Payson High School for the lowest. The school-to-school ranges are relatively modest—2 points in ELA and 5 in math—compared with the roughly 10-point average gaps to the state. There are notable grade-specific exceptions: Payson High’s 11th-grade science proficiency is 22%, 3 points above the state, while Rim Country’s eighth-grade math is 28%, just 2 points below the state.

Recent SchoolDigger rankings show mixed school-level movement and a small overall decline: Payson High rose from the 25th percentile in 2023–24 to the 36th in 2025–26, though it fell 7 points in the latest year; Julia Randall dropped 12 points to the 23rd percentile, and Rim Country fell 5 points to the 28th. The three-school average ranking moved from the 31st to the 29th percentile over that period. These rankings are not test-score trends. School figures also offer context for comparing options: Julia Randall has 503 students and a 15.9 student–teacher ratio, while Rim Country has 478 students and a 16.3 ratio; their results differ by 2 points in ELA and 5 in math. Payson High’s graduation rate is about level with the state (80.1% versus 80.0%), and its dropout rate is lower (4% versus 5%).