NCES CCD 2024-25 9 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Safford, AZ

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

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9
Schools
3,010
Students
23.1/100
Avg Resource Index
22.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Safford has more public-school enrollment than 29% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Safford'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

4 of the 9 listed Safford 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

Safford lists only 9 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 2 to 828 students, a 414-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 71%
School count
Top 46%
Resource Index average
2nd percentile
Teacher staffing
7th percentile

Safford High School accounts for 27.5% of all Safford public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Safford-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

Safford school enrollment varies 414× across entities

Safford school enrollment ranges from 2 students (lowest) to 828 students (highest), a spread of 826 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

Safford student-teacher ratio is 22.2:1 — 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

1 of Safford's 9 listed schools are charters

11% 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. Henry Dunkerson Pathways Academy 62
2. Mt Graham High School 48
3. Safford Middle School 17
4. Triumphant Learning Center 15
5. Dorothy Stinson School 13
6. Safford High School 12
7. Lafe Nelson School 11
8. Ruth Powell Elementary School 7
9. Gift - Safford High School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Safford

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 Safford Middle School 54.2/100
  2. 2 Mt Graham High School 54.1/100
  3. 3 Ruth Powell Elementary School 53.0/100
  4. 4 Lafe Nelson School 52.4/100
  5. 5 Safford High School 52.0/100

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Which Safford school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Henry Dunkerson Pathways Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Safford 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 Safford, AZ? ▼

Safford has 9 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,010 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.2:1.

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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.