Summary:
ZIP code 85756 has five schools—three elementary and two middle schools—serving grades K–8 overall, from kindergarten through grade 8. Results differ substantially across the area: the school averages are 28% in English language arts (ELA) and 21% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%. The most important finding is that the ZIP code does not have one consistent performance pattern: results range from leading the state to far below it, depending on the school.
Elvira Elementary School stands out in the 2025–26 all-grades results, leading with 43% in ELA and 45% in math—2 and 12 points above the state, respectively. Math and Science Success Academy is a strong second, at 41% in ELA and 38% in math. At the lower end, Challenger Middle School has the lowest ELA rate, 15%, while Billy Lane Lauffer Middle School has the lowest math rate, 4%. Santa Clara Elementary School also has low all-grades results: 19% in ELA and 11% in math. Grade-level results add detail: Math and Science Success leads in several tested grades, while Elvira leads grades 5 and 6 math.
SchoolDigger’s recent ranking percentiles show modest improvement overall among the four schools with records in each of the last three years: their average rose from the 26th percentile in 2023–24 to the 30th in 2025–26. Elvira climbed from the 45th to the 57th percentile and Billy Lane from the 5th to the 13th, while Math and Science Success fell from the 54th to the 48th; these rankings do not establish a change in test proficiency. Staffing ratios do not neatly track results: Elvira’s ratio is 20 students per teacher, compared with 15.1 at Santa Clara, yet Elvira leads Santa Clara by 24 points in ELA and 34 in math. Because schools serve different grades, some grade-level scores are suppressed, and ELA and math proficiency results cover only one year, the schoolwide comparisons are not perfectly like-for-like and cannot show whether test results are improving.
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