Best Public Schools in Zip Code 86505

Zip code 86505 has seven schools—five elementary, one middle and one high—serving grades from pre-K through 12, with spans ranging from pre-K–2 at Ganado Primary School to K–8 at Greasewood Springs Community School Inc. Together they enroll 1,288 students, an average of 184 per school. The most important finding is that the strongest available math result is at Ganado Intermediate School, while Ganado Middle School has a substantial ELA shortfall compared with the state.

Ganado Intermediate is the clearest academic bright spot in the reported results: its all-grades math proficiency is 35%, compared with 33% statewide and 17% in the Ganado Unified School District. Its all-grades ELA result is 27%, 14 points below the state’s 41%. Ganado Middle is lower on reported ELA: 16% overall versus 41% statewide, a 25-point gap; its grade 7 and 8 results trail state figures by 20 and 24 points. At Ganado High School, the 2024–25 graduation rate was 64%, compared with 80% statewide. Published test results are missing or suppressed for most schools, so the available figures cannot fairly rank all seven.

SchoolDigger rankings show improving momentum at Ganado Intermediate: it moved from the 7th percentile in 2022–23 to the 39th percentile in 2025–26, a 32-point gain. The pattern is not shared by every school: Ganado High was at the 2nd percentile in 2024–25, while Ganado Middle was at the 3rd percentile in 2022–23. Staffing ratios also vary, from 4.4:1 at Nazlini Community School to 36.3:1 at Greasewood Springs Community School; the reported results do not establish a connection between ratios and achievement. The schools serve different grade spans, so families comparing options should weigh each school’s grade-specific results and the measures that matter most to them.