Summary:
ZIP code 86401 has 10 schools—five elementary, three middle, and two high schools—with 4,821 students; all but Cedar Hills School are in Kingman Unified School District, while Cedar Hills is in Hackberry School District. The most useful like-grade comparison is between the middle schools: White Cliffs Middle School is ahead of Kingman Middle School in every reported ELA and math result for grades 6–8, by 10 to 21 percentage points.
White Cliffs leads the reported all-grades ELA results at 40%, while Kingman Middle is lowest at 24%; the six-school average is 34%, below the state’s 41%. In math, Manzanita Elementary leads at 35% and Kingman Middle is lowest at 13%; the average is 25%, compared with 33% statewide. Manzanita also stands out in fifth-grade science, with 40% versus 34% statewide, and Hualapai Elementary posts a notable 46% in fourth-grade math versus 40% statewide. These are grade-specific bright spots: for example, Hualapai’s third-grade math result is 25%, below the state’s 38%.
Recent Lee Williams High School, Hualapai, Manzanita, Kingman Middle, White Cliffs, and Desert Willow Elementary School SchoolDigger ranking percentiles show a small overall decline, from an average of 34 in 2023–24 to 32 in 2025–26. Individual paths differ: White Cliffs rose 4 percentile points and Desert Willow 6, while Manzanita fell 10. High-school completion results also distinguish Lee Williams from KOLA High: graduation rates are 84% and 59%, respectively, compared with 80% statewide; dropout rates are 4% and 16%, compared with 5% statewide. Their student-teacher ratios are similar—25.4 at Lee Williams and 25.1 at KOLA—and the data do not establish why outcomes differ; free/reduced-lunch figures are not reported.
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