Best Public Schools in Zip Code 86429

ZIP code 86429 has one listed school, Sunrise Elementary, a PK–5 school in Bullhead City serving 414 students. Its all-grades results are higher than the Bullhead City School District’s rates but lower than Arizona’s in both tested subjects. The most important finding is that proficiency at Sunrise trails the state by 9 percentage points in English Language Arts (ELA) and 11 points in math.

There is no second school in the ZIP-code list to rank above or below Sunrise, so it is the only local option represented here. Across all grades, 32% of Sunrise students were proficient in ELA and 22% in math, compared with 26% and 15% districtwide. Against state rates of 41% in ELA and 33% in math, Sunrise’s shortfall is larger in math. The grade-level results show wider state gaps in grade 4 than grade 3: grade 4 is 15 points below the state in ELA and 21 points below in math, versus gaps of 8 and 14 points in grade 3. ELA is Sunrise’s stronger subject in both grades, but remains below the state in each.

SchoolDigger’s reported relative standing is lower in its latest available entry than in its earliest: Sunrise moved from the 38th percentile in 2022–2023 to the 19th in 2023–2024 and the 15th in 2025–2026, a 23-percentile-point decrease. SchoolDigger awarded it 2 stars in 2022–2023 and 1 star in both 2023–2024 and 2025–2026. These rankings do not show whether proficiency itself has risen or fallen; test scores are available for only 2025–2026, and the student–teacher ratio and free/reduced-lunch rate are not reported. For families weighing the results, Sunrise is above its district’s all-grades rates, but below state proficiency levels, with math—particularly grade 4 math—the largest concern in the reported figures.