Summary:
ZIP code 86321 has four schools spanning preschool through grade 12: Bagdad Elementary School (PK–6), Bagdad Middle / Senior High School (6–12), Sultan Virtual Academy (K–12), and Hillside Elementary School (PK–8). Only the two Bagdad schools have reported all-grades results; the other schools’ results are suppressed and unknown. The clearest difference among the reported results is in mathematics: Bagdad Elementary is just above the state, while Bagdad Middle / Senior High is well below it.
Bagdad Elementary leads reported all-grades mathematics with 34% proficient, 1 point above the state’s 33%; Bagdad Middle / Senior High is lowest at 15%, 18 points below the state. Their 19-point math difference is much wider than their ELA results: Bagdad Middle / Senior High has the higher score, 34% versus Bagdad Elementary’s 32%, though both are below the 41% state result. One notable exception to the high school’s overall results is 11th-grade ELA: 48% proficient, 10 points above the state’s 38%; its 11th-grade math result is suppressed.
SchoolDigger’s percentile histories show mixed movement: Bagdad Elementary went from 42 in 2023–2024 to 44 the next year and 39 in 2025–2026, a net decline of 3 percentile points; Bagdad Middle / Senior High rose from 32 in 2020–2021 to 46, then 39, a net gain of 7 points. Hillside’s listed percentiles vary from 55 to 24 to 59 across the years reported. Staffing figures differ too: Bagdad Elementary has 286 students and a 16.5 student–teacher ratio, while Bagdad Middle / Senior High has 211 students and a 13.1 ratio; Sultan has 20 students and a 28.5 ratio, and Hillside has 6 students and a ratio of 2. As separate district context, Bagdad Unified District reports a 96% graduation rate in 2024–2025, compared with 80% statewide; Bagdad Middle / Senior High’s own listed rate is 90% for 2020–2021.
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