Summary:
ZIP code 86033 has one middle school, Baker Middle School, serving grades 5–8, with 447 students and a student–teacher ratio of 13.5:1. Its strongest results are in mathematics in grades 5 and 6, where proficiency is above Arizona’s, but its clearest concern is English language arts (ELA): 24% of students are proficient overall, compared with 41% statewide. The biggest gap is in grade 7, where 17% are proficient versus 43% statewide—a 26-percentage-point difference.
There is no meaningful highest- or lowest-performing school comparison in the ZIP, so the most useful contrasts are across Baker’s grades and subjects. In mathematics, Baker is above the state in grade 5 (41% versus 38%) and grade 6 (34% versus 30%), but below it in grade 8 (19% versus 30%); the all-grades result is 25%, compared with 33% statewide. ELA is below the state in every reported grade, with gaps ranging from 11 points in grade 8 to 26 points in grade 7. Baker’s all-grades results are higher than those for Kayenta Unified School District #27—24% versus 20% in ELA and 25% versus 19% in mathematics—even though both subjects remain below state results. Science results from 2024–2025 are also below Arizona’s: grade 5 is 23% versus 34%, and grade 8 is 13% versus 30%.
SchoolDigger’s ranking history shows improvement in Baker’s relative position, but not evidence that its state achievement gaps are closing. The school moved from the 15th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 16th in 2024–2025 and the 24th in 2025–2026; its rank changed from 405 of 536 to 464 of 552 to 468 of 550, and it received one star in each year. The school’s 13.5:1 student–teacher ratio describes its staffing context, while its free/reduced-lunch rate is not reported. Because the ZIP has only one school, it cannot support school-to-school comparisons; grade 7 mathematics is suppressed, and the supplied ELA and mathematics results do not show a multi-year proficiency trend.
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