Summary:
ZIP code 85742 has two public high schools serving grades 9–12: Mountain View High School and Ironwood Ridge High School. In 2025–26, both schools’ reported ELA and math proficiency results were above the state’s, and both also topped the state in 11th-grade science in 2024–25. Across the five subject-and-grade comparisons, their advantages over the state range from 4 to 16 percentage points. The clearest shared strength is that neither school falls below the state in any reported test comparison.
Ironwood Ridge stands out in ELA and math, leading Mountain View by 7 percentage points in all-grades and 11th-grade results: 54% versus 47% in ELA and 44% versus 37% in math. Its SchoolDigger statewide percentile is also higher, at the 72nd percentile compared with the 61st. Mountain View is stronger in 11th-grade science, at 28% versus 25%, and graduation, at 96% versus 92%—a 4-point lead. Both graduation rates are above the state’s 80%. SchoolDigger gives Ironwood Ridge 4 stars and Mountain View 3 stars for 2025–26.
Both schools’ SchoolDigger statewide percentile standings improved between 2023–24 and 2025–26: Mountain View rose 10 points, from the 51st to the 61st percentile, and Ironwood Ridge rose 12 points, from the 60th to the 72nd. Mountain View enrolls more students (1,827 versus 1,539) and has a lower student–teacher ratio (19.8 versus 22.5), even though Ironwood Ridge leads in ELA and math; Mountain View’s science and graduation results are higher. The rank changes do not establish that proficiency scores improved over time, and free/reduced-lunch rates are not provided.
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