Schools in Zip Code 85621

ZIP code 85621 has 13 schools—8 elementary, 2 middle, 2 high and 1 alternative—serving students from elementary through high school. Across the 11 schools with reported all-grades results, average proficiency was about 35% in ELA and 29% in math, compared with state figures of 41% and 33%. The most important finding is how uneven results are: reported ELA proficiency ranges from 17% to 62%, and math from 14% to 50%.

Mexicayotl Charter School leads reported all-grades ELA at 62%, 12 points above the next-highest result at Robert Bracker Elementary and 21 points above the state. Francisco Vasquez De Coronado Elementary School leads math at 50%, 6 points above Mexicayotl and 17 above the state. Bracker also stands out across elementary grades, scoring above the state in ELA in grades 3 through 5. At the lower end, Lincoln Elementary School has the lowest reported ELA result, 17%, while Wade Carpenter Middle School has the lowest math result, 14%. Desert Shadows Middle School beats Wade Carpenter in all six same-grade ELA and math comparisons; its biggest edge is 25 points in 7th-grade math.

SchoolDigger’s percentile rankings show mixed movement over time, rather than a common trend: Lincoln fell 21 points between 2023–2024 and 2025–2026, while A J Mitchell Elementary School rose 25 points across the available endpoints. These rankings are not test-score changes. Listed student–teacher ratios do not show a simple link to results: Bracker’s ratio is 17.0 and Coronado’s is 19.5, while Lincoln’s is 17.5 despite its lower ELA result. High-school outcomes also merit attention: Pierson High School’s graduation rate is 57%, compared with 84% for the Nogales Unified District and 80% statewide; NUSD Online’s dropout rate is 11%, versus 2% for the district and 5% statewide. All-grades results cover different grade spans, so broad school comparisons are not fully like-for-like.