Best Public Schools in Zip Code 86426

Zip code 86426 has five schools: three elementary schools, one high school and one alternative school, serving children from elementary through high school. The strongest broad results belong to Young Scholars Academy and Camp Mohave Elementary School, but results differ sharply by subject and grade. The most important pattern for families is uneven math performance: two schools are well above Arizona overall, while Desert Star Academy is below the state.

Young Scholars leads the reported 2025–26 all-grades results, with 52% proficient in English language arts (ELA) and 45% in math—11 and 12 points above Arizona, respectively. Camp Mohave is close behind in math at 44%, 11 points above the state, but has the lowest reported ELA result of the three schools, at 43%. Desert Star has 47% in ELA, 6 points above the state, but just 24% in math, 9 points below it. It also leads fifth-grade science, at 41% versus Arizona’s 34%; its eighth-grade science result is lower, at 23% versus 30%. Academy of Building Industries has a 64% graduation rate, compared with 80% statewide, while Fort Mohave Elementary School has no listed test scores.

SchoolDigger’s recent percentile rankings declined by 8 points at both Young Scholars (69 in 2023–24 to 61 in 2025–26) and Camp Mohave (61 to 53); these rankings are not proficiency scores. Grade-level results also offer different reasons to consider each school: Young Scholars leads in several math grades, while Desert Star leads in several ELA grades; notable lower results include Desert Star’s 18% in seventh-grade math and Young Scholars’ 33% in third-grade math. Young Scholars enrolls 412 students with a 20.6:1 student–teacher ratio, compared with Camp Mohave’s 362 students and 21.2:1; Desert Star enrolls 686 and has a 61.1:1 ratio. Comparisons are limited because some scores are suppressed or unavailable and the schools serve different grade spans.