Summary:
Zip code 86326 has 10 schools: five elementary schools, three high schools and two alternative schools, serving students from elementary through high-school grades. Among the five schools with reportable All Grades results, the average is 33% proficient in English language arts (ELA) and 24% in math, compared with state results of 41% and 33%. The clearest overall finding is that these schools’ average results are below state levels in both subjects.
Mountain View Preparatory School stands out at the top, with 42% proficient in ELA and 33% in math—the highest results in both subjects among the five schools, and at or above the state figures. At the lower end, Cottonwood Community School has the lowest ELA result, at 27%, while American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood has the lowest math result, at 16%. Grade-level results add important detail: Cottonwood Community reaches 52% in grade 7 ELA, 9 points above the state, and Mountain View reaches 38% in grade 8 math, 8 points above. Mingus Union High School reports an 86% graduation rate, 6 points above the state, and a 2% dropout rate, 3 points below it.
SchoolDigger ranking histories show mixed movement rather than a shared upward trend: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, Mountain View rose 9 percentile points and Mingus Union rose 12, while Dr Daniel Bright Elementary School fell 15 points. School size and student-teacher ratios do not form a clear pattern with results: Mountain View and Cottonwood Community have similar enrollments but different scores, and American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood has a 14.1-to-1 ratio yet the lowest math result. Free/reduced-lunch figures are unavailable. One notable score needs checking: Mingus Union is listed as serving grades 9–12 but also has 87% results in both grade 8 ELA and math. Several schools have suppressed or missing scores, and schools serve different grades, so these figures provide a partial picture.
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