Summary:
ZIP code 85716 has two middle schools serving grades 6–8: Doolen Middle School enrolls 490 students, while Pima Partnership Academy enrolls 34. Doolen is the only school with reportable 2025–26 test results, so the available information cannot show which school performs better academically. Doolen’s most pronounced shortfall is in eighth-grade math: 11% met proficiency, compared with 30% statewide, a 19-point gap.
Among the results that can be assessed, Doolen is closer to state levels in ELA than in math, but below the state in every reported grade and subject. Overall, 29% met proficiency in ELA versus 41% statewide, while math was 14% versus 33%. The math gap is 7 points wider than the ELA gap. Doolen’s seventh-grade math result is a relative bright spot against its district: 17% met proficiency, compared with 13% districtwide, though that remains below the 27% state result. Pima’s school-level scores are suppressed, so there is no supported academic top-or-bottom comparison between the schools.
SchoolDigger rankings show different histories, not year-to-year test-score changes. Doolen received one star in each of its three listed years, while its percentile rose from 12 in 2023–24 to 18 in 2025–26. Pima’s older, nonconsecutive listings moved from the 6th percentile in 2017–18 to the 13th in 2022–23, after dipping to the 5th percentile in 2020–21. Doolen’s 2024–25 student–teacher ratio was 12.3, compared with 6.8 at Pima; free/reduced-lunch rates are not provided. These differences in enrollment and staffing do not establish which school has stronger results, particularly because Pima’s scores are unavailable.
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