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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 85648

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497

Students

Top rankedCoatimundi Middle School385^th of 552 Arizona middle schools

Summary:

The 85648 zip code in Arizona has only one middle school, Coatimundi Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 and is part of the Santa Cruz Valley Unified District. This school has struggled to perform at the level of its district and state counterparts, with test scores and proficiency rates consistently below average across multiple subjects and grade levels.

Coatimundi Middle School has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger and a statewide ranking that has fluctuated between 354 out of 550 Arizona middle schools in 2023-2024 and 470 out of 854 in 2022-2023. The school's dropout rate is 5.2%, which is relatively high, and its spending per student is $7,568 for the 2021-2022 school year. Additionally, the student-teacher ratio is 19.8 for the 2023-2024 school year.

As the only middle school option in the 85648 zip code, Coatimundi Middle School's performance is a concern for families in the area. The data suggests the need for further investigation into the root causes of the school's challenges and potential strategies for improvement to better serve the students and community.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)			AASA Mathematics (2025)		AzSCI Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
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	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	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
Coatimundi Middle School	Public	6-8	490 Avenida Coatimundi	Rio Rico	85648	Santa Cruz County	Santa Cruz Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(520) 375-8300	497	22	23.1		10 (2.0%)	2 (0.4%)	480 (96.6%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	23.9	385^th of 552 public middle schools	30.3%		27.9	354^th of 550 public middle schools	35.6%	31	37.0	34.0	31.0	26.0	14.0	14.0	$7,568	$388	$207	$983	$6,305	$668	$6,973

Cities Near Zip Code 85648

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Rio Rico	1.52 mi	8	95^th
Nogales	6.06 mi	21	62^nd
Patagonia	15.04 mi	4
Amado	15.67 mi	2
Green Valley	24.78 mi	3	27^th

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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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