Summary:
ZIP code 86406 has four schools serving 2,154 students: three elementary schools covering pre-K or kindergarten through grade 6 and one middle school serving grades 7–8. Across the elementary schools, math is the clearest relative strength: grade-matched results average 48% proficient, compared with 37% statewide, a 12-point advantage; the comparable ELA average is 44% versus 41%, a 3-point advantage. That math lead is not shared evenly across schools or grades, so the most important takeaway is to look beyond the area average when comparing schools.
Jamaica Elementary School and Starline Elementary School lead the elementary all-grade results: both report 46% in ELA, and Jamaica has the highest math result at 52%, just above Starline’s 51%. Oro Grande Classical Academy is lowest among the elementary schools in both subjects, at 40% in ELA and math, though both results are above the respective state figures. Grade results add important contrasts: Oro Grande ranges from 29% in third-grade math to 62% in fourth-grade math, while Jamaica reaches 63% in sixth-grade ELA. Thunderbolt Middle School is stronger in ELA than math against state results: 42% versus 41% in ELA, but 26% versus 33% in math.
SchoolDigger ranking percentiles show modest improvement overall across the period, but not a steady rise: the four-school average went from 53 in 2023–24 to 58 in 2025–26, after reaching 59 in 2024–25. Jamaica gained 6 ranking points and Thunderbolt 8 from the first to latest year; Starline ended unchanged, while Oro Grande gained 5. Elementary student–teacher ratios are similar—20.0 at Jamaica, 20.2 at Starline, and 20.3 at Oro Grande—despite differences in results; Thunderbolt’s ratio is 22.1. School-wide totals can also hide grade-level weaknesses, such as Starline’s fifth-grade ELA at 31% versus 38% statewide. The data do not provide multi-year proficiency results, and free- or reduced-lunch figures are unavailable.
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