NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Lake Havasu City, AZ

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

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13
Schools
5,696
Students
32.7/100
Avg Resource Index
18.7:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Lake Havasu City has more public-school enrollment than 61% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Lake Havasu City'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

7 of Lake Havasu City's 13 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 1 middle and 3 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 81-point gap between Wave-Central Campus and Thunderbolt Middle School shows the range hidden by Lake Havasu City'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 39%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
18th percentile
Teacher staffing
22nd percentile

Lake Havasu High School accounts for 26.7% of all Lake Havasu City public-school enrollment

That concentration means Lake Havasu City-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Lake Havasu City school enrollment varies 762× across entities

Lake Havasu City school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 1,523 students (highest), a spread of 1,521 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

Lake Havasu City student-teacher ratio is 18.7:1 — 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

3 of Lake Havasu City's 13 listed schools are charters

23% 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. Wave-Central Campus 96
2. Telesis Preparatory Academy 59
3. Havasu Preparatory Academy 54
4. Telesis Preparatory 39
5. Havasuonline 30
6. Havasupai Elementary School 22
7. Oro Grande Classical Academy 21
8. Lake Havasu High School 20
9. Nautilus Elementary School 20
10. Jamaica Elementary School 18
11. Starline Elementary School 16
12. Thunderbolt Middle School 15
13. Smoketree Elementary School 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Lake Havasu City

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 Havasupai Elementary School 54.8/100
  2. 2 Smoketree Elementary School 54.2/100
  3. 3 Oro Grande Classical Academy 50.1/100
  4. 4 Wave-Central Campus 50.0/100
  5. 5 Lake Havasu High School 49.5/100

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Which Lake Havasu City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Wave-Central Campus has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Lake Havasu City schools in this federal-data comparison at 96/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Lake Havasu City, AZ? ▼

Lake Havasu City has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,696 students. 3 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.7:1.

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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.