NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Florence, AZ

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7 public K-12 schools in Florence 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
4,288
Students
39.6/100
Avg Resource Index
18.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Florence has more public-school enrollment than 48% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Florence 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

7 of Florence'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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 54-point gap between American Leadership Academy Anthem K-6 and Florence High School shows the range hidden by Florence's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 52%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
44th percentile
Teacher staffing
25th percentile

American Leadership Academy Anthem K-6 accounts for 25.2% of all Florence public-school enrollment

That concentration means Florence-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

Florence school enrollment varies 7.0× across entities

Florence school enrollment ranges from 155 students (lowest) to 1,079 students (highest), a spread of 924 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Florence student-teacher ratio is 18.1:1 — 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

1 of Florence's 7 listed schools are charters

14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. American Leadership Academy Anthem K-6 70
2. Mountain Vista Academy 55
3. Magma Ranch K8 School 37
4. Florence Virtual Academy 36
5. Anthem Elementary School 34
6. Florence K-8 29
7. Florence High School 16

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Florence

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 Mountain Vista Academy 67.0/100
  2. 2 Anthem Elementary School 65.4/100
  3. 3 Florence High School 63.5/100
  4. 4 Magma Ranch K8 School 61.3/100
  5. 5 Florence Virtual Academy 61.0/100

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Which Florence school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

American Leadership Academy Anthem K-6 has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Florence schools in this federal-data comparison at 70/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Florence, AZ? ▼

Florence has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,288 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.1:1.

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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.