Summary:
The 16 schools in zip code 85713 include nine elementary schools, two middle schools, four high schools and one alternative school, spanning elementary through high school. Across 14 schools with reported all-grades results, average proficiency is 23% in English language arts (ELA), compared with 41% statewide, and 17% in mathematics, compared with 33%. The most important finding is that area averages are well below state results, even though performance varies widely from school to school.
Wakefield Middle School leads all-grades ELA at 48%, 7 percentage points above the state; Henry Hank Oyama leads mathematics at 43%, 10 points above. Innovation Technical High School has the strongest reported high-school grade 11 results: 44% in ELA and 20% in science, with the latter one point above the state. At the other end, Pueblo Gardens Elementary has the lowest all-grades results, at 13% in ELA and 6% in mathematics—28 and 27 points below state figures. Among high schools with grade 11 results, Cholla High School is lowest in ELA (15%) and mathematics (7%); however, its 90% graduation rate and 2% dropout rate are stronger than its test results might suggest.
SchoolDigger rank histories show mixed movement, not a consistent area-wide rise: Ochoa Elementary School gained 35 percentile points between its earliest and latest reported ranks, while Holladay Intermediate Magnet School fell 37; five of 14 schools improved, three were unchanged and six declined. Staffing ratios also do not provide a simple guide: Oyama reports a 16.5 student–teacher ratio alongside strong results, while Borton Primary Magnet School has a lower 8.8 ratio and more modest all-grades results; Innovation Technical High School has a higher 21.6 ratio and the strongest reported high-school results. Test scores cover one year, rank histories span different years, and free/reduced-lunch figures are blank, so score trends and income comparisons cannot be assessed.
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