Best Public Schools in Zip Code 86301

Zip code 86301 has nine schools serving students from elementary through high school, including an alternative school; together they enroll 3,153 students, with individual enrollment ranging from 48 to 1,497. In the reported all-grades results, every school with an exact figure is above the state average: the five ELA results average 60% versus 41% statewide, and the four mathematics results average 59% versus 33%. The clearest finding is that Tri-City College Prep leads Prescott High School across all three reported 11th-grade subjects: by 25 points in ELA, 31 in mathematics and 23 in science.

Tri-City is the strongest all-around standout in the available results, with 70% in all-grades ELA and 72% in mathematics; its 11th-grade scores are 76% and 70%. BASIS Prescott also posts strong all-grades results, at 70% in ELA and 65% in mathematics. At the lower end among schools with exact results in both subjects, Prescott High reports 51% in ELA and 39% in mathematics—19 and 33 points below Tri-City, respectively. Taylor Hicks School has 57% in ELA and 59% in mathematics, while Northpoint Expeditionary Learning Academy reports 53% in ELA. Grade-level results can change the comparison: BASIS leads Taylor Hicks in third- and fourth-grade ELA, while Taylor leads in mathematics in both grades.

SchoolDigger rankings also show different trajectories: Tri-City is ranked 14th of 256, in the 95th percentile with five stars; Taylor Hicks is in the 79th percentile, while Prescott High is in the 67th. Willow Creek Charter School is a notable exception to the generally improving histories, falling from the 53rd to the 23rd percentile between 2020–2021 and 2022–2023. Ratios do not follow a simple pattern: Tri-City, BASIS and Taylor Hicks report ratios of 13.3, 13.6 and 13.4, while Prescott High reports 24.3 and Northpoint 7.9. Genesis Academy also stands out for reported outcomes: its 2024–2025 graduation rate is 58%, compared with 84% for Prescott Unified District and 80% statewide, and its dropout rate is 23%, versus 5% for each comparison. Some results are suppressed or unavailable, so comparisons do not cover every school or outcome.