NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in El Mirage, AZ

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7 public K-12 schools in El Mirage from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
5,138
Students
37.7/100
Avg Resource Index
18.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, El Mirage has more public-school enrollment than 56% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. El Mirage sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of El Mirage's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

El Mirage lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 1 to 1,471 students, a 1471-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 44%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
36th percentile
Teacher staffing
24th percentile

Dysart High School accounts for 28.6% of all El Mirage public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means El Mirage-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

El Mirage school enrollment varies 1471× across entities

El Mirage school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,471 students (highest), a spread of 1,470 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

El Mirage reports 59.5% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share clears the 50% majority mark. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

El Mirage student-teacher ratio is 18.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Thompson Ranch Elementary 65
2. Surprise Elementary School 35
3. Dysart Middle School 35
4. Riverview School 32
5. El Mirage Elementary School 31
6. Dysart High School 28
7. West-Mec - Dysart High School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in El Mirage

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Dysart High School 57.3/100
  2. 2 Surprise Elementary School 53.3/100
  3. 3 Thompson Ranch Elementary 51.6/100
  4. 4 El Mirage Elementary School 49.5/100
  5. 5 Riverview School 48.2/100

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Which El Mirage school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Thompson Ranch Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the El Mirage schools in this federal-data comparison at 65/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in El Mirage, AZ? ▼

El Mirage has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,138 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.