Summary:
ZIP code 85706 has 19 schools—12 elementary, two middle, four high and one alternative—serving students from early learning through high school. Across schools with reported 2025–26 results, the average was 21% in ELA and 15% in math, compared with 41% and 33% statewide. The most important finding is that most schools’ proficiency results are well below state levels, despite a few notable school- and grade-level strengths.
Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet led the area with 47% ELA and 42% math, ahead of the next-highest results, 38% and 25% at Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School; the Primary school’s scores were also 6 and 9 percentage points above state figures. At the other end, Southgate Academy had the lowest ELA result at 11%, while Apollo Middle School and Summit View Elementary tied at 7% in math. Graduation outcomes tell a different story: Sunnyside High School, Desert View High School and Alta Vista High School each graduated about 88%–89% of students, above the 80% state rate.
Recent SchoolDigger ranking percentiles improved for six of nine schools with comparable 2024–25 and 2025–26 rankings, rising by an average of 5 percentile points; Esperanza Elementary School gained 20 points, to the 23rd percentile. These ranking shifts do not establish that test scores rose. Grade-level results also reveal strengths hidden by schoolwide averages: Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School scored 49% in fifth-grade math versus 38% statewide, while Gallego Primary Fine Arts Magnet posted 47% in third-grade ELA and 42% in third-grade math, above the state figures of 39% and 38%. Since schools serve different grade spans and some scores are suppressed, grade-matched comparisons are most useful.
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