Best Public Schools in Zip Code 85929

ZIP code 85929 has three Blue Ridge schools serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Blue Ridge Elementary School (PK–6), Blue Ridge Junior High School (7–8) and Blue Ridge High School (9–12). Across the three schools, the equal-school averages are 33% in English language arts (ELA) and 25% in math, each 8 percentage points below the state average. The clearest area-wide concern is that all three schools are below the state in both subjects, with Junior High furthest behind.

Blue Ridge Elementary leads the group in both subjects, with 38% proficient in ELA and 30% in math; each result is 3 points below the state. Its scores are 8 points above the average of the other two schools in each subject. Blue Ridge Junior High is lowest, at 26% in ELA and 19% in math—15 and 14 points below state levels, respectively. Blue Ridge High has 35% ELA and 26% math proficiency, 6 and 7 points below the state, but stands out for an 87% graduation rate versus 80% statewide and grade-11 science proficiency of 24% versus 19%.

SchoolDigger’s rankings have declined over the three years shown: Elementary went from the 44th to the 40th percentile, High from the 47th to the 45th, and Junior High from the 37th to the 23rd; all three are now below the 50th percentile. Grade-level results add useful contrasts: Elementary’s grade-5 ELA and math results are 10 and 20 points below state levels, while its grade-6 ELA is 11 points above. Junior High’s grade-8 science is close to state level, at 29% versus 30%. Enrollment and student-teacher ratios do not follow the proficiency ordering: Elementary has the largest enrollment (801) and highest ratio (19.7 students per teacher), while Junior High has the smallest enrollment (229) and lowest ratio (12.8). Free/reduced-lunch figures are blank, and proficiency results cover one year.