Best Public Schools in Zip Code 85552

Schools in zip code 85552 include six schools—two elementary schools, one middle school and three high schools—serving students from the primary years through high school in the Thatcher area. In 2025–26, the three schools with reported All-Grades AASA results averaged 44% in ELA, about 3 percentage points above the 41% state average; their math average was 33%, essentially level with the state’s 33%. The clearest area-wide strength is ELA, while math results are more mixed.

Thatcher Elementary School stands out: its All-Grades scores were 47% in ELA and 37% in math, respectively 6 and 4 points above state results. Those scores were also 4 points above the other reporting schools’ average in ELA and 7 points above it in math. Its fourth-grade results were especially strong: ELA was 61% versus 47% statewide, and math was 49% versus 40%. At the other end, Thatcher Middle School had the lowest All-Grades math result, 26% versus 33% statewide and 36% for the other two schools. Its ELA result was stronger at 44%, 3 points above the state. Thatcher High School reported 42% in ELA and 35% in math; its math result was 2 points above the state. Thatcher Middle also had a bright spot in eighth-grade science: 43%, compared with 30% statewide.

SchoolDigger statewide ranking percentiles have declined for all three schools with rank histories, though each remains above the 50th percentile. From 2023–24 to 2025–26, Thatcher Elementary fell from the 59th to the 53rd percentile, Thatcher High from the 74th to the 57th, and Thatcher Middle from the 59th to the 52nd; their average fell from the 64th to the 54th percentile. Enrollment and student–teacher ratios do not show a simple relationship with results: Thatcher Elementary had 549 students and a 25.5 ratio, compared with 273 students and a 14.1 ratio at Thatcher Middle, yet the elementary school had stronger All-Grades results. These figures are observations, not explanations for performance. Because schools serve different grade spans and some state results are suppressed, grade-matched comparisons are most useful and missing values should be treated as unknown.