Summary:
Zip code 85629 has two high schools in Sahuarita Unified District, both serving grades 9–12: Sahuarita High School and Walden Grove High School. Their clearest shared strength is graduation: in 2024–25, rates were 91.6% and 92.5%, respectively, compared with 80% statewide—about 12 points higher for each school.
The schools have different subject strengths rather than one leading across the board. Sahuarita High stands out in 11th-grade science, with 24% proficient, versus 18% at Walden Grove and 19% statewide. Walden Grove leads in math: its all-grades result was 34%, compared with 32% at Sahuarita and 33% statewide; in 11th-grade math, it scored 34% versus Sahuarita’s 32% and the state’s 31%. ELA results are close: Sahuarita was ahead by 1 point in both grade groupings, while all-grades ELA at both schools—39% and 38%—was below the state’s 41%.
SchoolDigger’s statewide rankings rose over the period shown, especially for Sahuarita: it moved from the 37th percentile in 2023–24 to the 51st in 2025–26, while Walden Grove went from the 50th to the 52nd percentile. These ranking changes do not establish a trend in test scores, for which only one year of results is provided. The schools are similar in size, with enrollments of 1,215 and 1,151, and their student–teacher ratios are 22 and 21.4. For families weighing the two, the clearest distinction is Sahuarita’s stronger science result versus Walden Grove’s stronger math result.
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