NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Marana, AZ

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

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10
Schools
4,024
Students
43/100
Avg Resource Index
13.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Marana has more public-school enrollment than 44% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Marana 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

6 of Marana's 10 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

Marana lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 1 to 1,004 students, a 1004-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 56%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
60th percentile
Teacher staffing
69th percentile

Dove Mountain K-8 accounts for 25.0% of all Marana public-school enrollment

That concentration means Marana-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

Marana school enrollment varies 1004× across entities

Marana school enrollment ranges from 1 students (lowest) to 1,004 students (highest), a spread of 1,003 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 NCES Common Core of Data

Marana student-teacher ratio is 13.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

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

1 of Marana's 10 listed schools are charters

10% 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 NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Marana Distance Learning 70
2. A. C. E. 63
3. Mcat High School 53
4. Roadrunner Elementary School 46
5. Marjorie W Estes Elementary School 40
6. Gladden Farms Elementary 25
7. Marana Middle School 24
8. Dove Mountain K-8 23
9. La Paloma Academy Marana -
10. Pimajted-Mcat School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Marana

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 Mcat High School 59.1/100
  2. 2 Dove Mountain K-8 58.9/100
  3. 3 Marjorie W Estes Elementary School 58.7/100
  4. 4 Marana Middle School 57.8/100
  5. 5 Gladden Farms Elementary 57.6/100

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Which Marana school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Marana Distance Learning has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Marana 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 Marana, AZ? ▼

Marana has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 4,024 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.8:1.

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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.