NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Eloy, AZ

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7 public K-12 schools in Eloy 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
1,674
Students
35/100
Avg Resource Index
16.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Eloy has more public-school enrollment than 8% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Eloy's average Resource Investment Index falls in the lower portion of the 4,487-city comparison set. The index is a resource snapshot, not an academic grade: it reflects the federal staffing, counselor, gifted-program, and attendance fields available for local campuses. The most useful next step is to open the individual schools below and identify which component is pulling each score down, because the same city average can hide very different campus-level constraints.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 7 listed Eloy schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Eloy lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 26 to 480 students, a 18-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 92%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
25th percentile
Teacher staffing
42nd percentile

Toltec Elementary School accounts for 28.7% of all Eloy public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Eloy-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 NCES Common Core of Data

Eloy school enrollment varies 18× across entities

Eloy school enrollment ranges from 26 students (lowest) to 480 students (highest), a spread of 454 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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 NCES Common Core of Data

Eloy reports 74.4% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. 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 NCES Common Core of Data

Eloy student-teacher ratio is 16.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

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 Variation between sub-units within Eloy is typically wider than the Eloy-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Santa Cruz Center for Success 62
2. Villa Oasis Interscholastic Center for Education (Voice) 61
3. Toltec Elementary School 31
4. Eloy Junior High School 30
5. Curiel School 25
6. Eloy Intermediate School 22
7. Santa Cruz Valley Union High School 14

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Eloy

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 Toltec Elementary School 50.4/100
  2. 2 Santa Cruz Center for Success 49.5/100
  3. 3 Eloy Intermediate School 42.9/100
  4. 4 Eloy Junior High School 39.2/100
  5. 5 Santa Cruz Valley Union High School 38.0/100

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Which Eloy school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Santa Cruz Center for Success has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Eloy schools in this federal-data comparison at 62/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Eloy, AZ? ▼

Eloy has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,674 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.1:1.

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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.