The top reported proficiency rate is 62% in Math. The lowest is 43% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Beaver Creek School
Beaver Creek School is the sole campus of the Beaver Creek Elementary District, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the unincorporated community of Rimrock, Arizona. The school is a regular public school, not a charter. Because it does not serve high school grades, there is no graduation rate data to report, and that absence is a function of the school's grade configuration, not a missing metric.
Rimrock is a rural, car-dependent place in Yavapai County's Verde Valley, strung along Interstate 17 between Camp Verde and Sedona. It has no downtown or commercial core; daily life centers on private residences and the highway corridor. The area originated as a ranching and farming settlement along Beaver Creek and later grew through a mid-century subdivision called Lake Montezuma, which brought in out-of-state buyers. The landscape of limestone mesas and canyon draws is the defining feature, with Montezuma Well National Monument nearby as a civic and natural anchor. The community remains unincorporated, so county government handles civic services.
The school's enrollment is small for a PK-8 campus. The student body is composed largely of white students and a substantial share of Hispanic students, with smaller numbers of students who are American Indian, Black, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, or of two or more races. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and on special education or English learner status was not available in the records we reviewed.
State assessment results from the 2024-25 school year provide a mixed picture of academic performance. In third-grade math, a majority of students scored proficient. In grades four through eight, results for math were suppressed in the data, meaning the figures are not reported here, though the grade three data stands as a notable positive point. In English language arts, the school's results show that a share of students scored proficient in third grade, with a smaller share proficient in seventh grade and half proficient in eighth grade. Scores for fourth, fifth, and sixth grade ELA were suppressed. In science, results for eighth grade show that a share of students scored proficient. The school's overall proficiency index across tested subjects and grades placed it above the midpoint among districts in Yavapai County.
A multi-year trend line shows that English language arts and math proficiency rates for all students combined have been low in the single year of available trend data. With only one year of data for this combined measure, it is too early to say whether this represents a pattern or a single snapshot. Parents should be aware that the suppressed results for many grade levels and subjects mean the full picture of student performance is not visible from the state testing data alone. A family may want to discuss classroom-level progress and local benchmark assessments directly with the school.
The housing market in the area shows that the typical home value in Rimrock's ZIP code is moderately above the national figure, with modest year-over-year appreciation. Mortgage rates nationally have been steady in the mid-six-percent range. Rents in the area are high relative to local incomes. The unemployment rate nationally sits at a low level.
No recent district-level changes of lasting impact were found in our research. The district operates a single school with no reported boundary changes, new programs, or leadership transitions that would reshape the experience for parents. The school's offerings beyond the core academic program were not detailed in the data we reviewed, so a parent interested in electives, arts, music, athletics, or before- and after-school care should ask the school directly.
Beaver Creek School offers a rural, small-environment setting for families from pre-K through middle school. The academic data shows a notable bright spot in third-grade math, while other tested subjects sit in a softer range. Parents in this unincorporated community should weigh the school's place-specific strengths against the limited visibility of some grade-level results and the absence of a high school on campus.
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