Schools in Zip Code 85714

Zip code 85714 has nine schools: two elementary schools serving PK–8 and PK–5, and seven high schools. The clearest school-to-school comparison is between the elementary schools: C E Rose Elementary School leads on all-grades proficiency, while both schools fall short of state results. In ELA, Rose has 29% proficient and Van Buskirk Elementary School has 20%, compared with 41% statewide; in math, they score 20% and 18%, compared with 33% statewide. The most important finding is that neither elementary school’s schoolwide results are close to state proficiency levels.

Rose stands out in the elementary comparison, especially in ELA, where it is 9 points ahead of Van Buskirk; its math lead is 2 points. There are exceptions by grade: Van Buskirk’s fourth-grade ELA result of 38% is 1 point above Rose’s 37%, though both are below the state’s 47%. Rose’s seventh-grade ELA reaches 42%, just 1 point below the state, while its sixth-grade math is 14%, 16 points below the state. Among high schools with reported graduation rates, PPEP TEC - Cesar Chavez Learning Center is highest at 67%, and PPEP TEC - Colin L. Powell Learning Center is lowest at 45%. All five reported rates are below the state’s 80%; the average is 54%, or 26 points below the state. Reported dropout rates average 15%, versus 5% statewide.

SchoolDigger’s rank histories show declining statewide percentile positions for seven of the nine schools, with two exceptions: PPEP TEC - Jose Yepez Learning Center rose from the 3rd to the 9th percentile, and PPEP TEC - Alice S. Paul Learning Center rose from the 8th to the 9th. Rose moved from the 18th to the 9th percentile, and Van Buskirk from the 43rd to the 31st. Rose enrolls 766 students and has a student-teacher ratio of 18.4; Van Buskirk enrolls 287 and has a ratio of 11.6, so enrollment and staffing figures alone do not explain their results. These rankings are relative rather than changes in test scores; high-school AASA scores are suppressed, and free/reduced-lunch figures are blank.