NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Sahuarita, AZ

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10 public K-12 schools in Sahuarita 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
6,406
Students
32.5/100
Avg Resource Index
16.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sahuarita has more public-school enrollment than 66% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Sahuarita'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.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Sahuarita's list includes 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 3 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Sahuarita lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 106 to 1,215 students, a 11-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 34%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
18th percentile
Teacher staffing
39th percentile

Sahuarita High School accounts for 19.0% of all Sahuarita public-school enrollment

That concentration means Sahuarita-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

Sahuarita school enrollment varies 11× across entities

Sahuarita school enrollment ranges from 106 students (lowest) to 1,215 students (highest), a spread of 1,109 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

Sahuarita student-teacher ratio is 16.4:1 — 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 Sahuarita is typically wider than the Sahuarita-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Sahuarita'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

# School Score
1. Sahuarita Digital Pathways Academy 64
2. Sahuarita Primary School 46
3. Sahuarita Intermediate School 37
4. Anza Trail 36
5. Wrightson Ridge K-8 School 33
6. Copper View Elementary School 32
7. Sahuarita Middle School 27
8. Walden Grove High School 21
9. Great Expectations Academy 15
10. Sahuarita High School 14

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sahuarita

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 Sahuarita Digital Pathways Academy 57.8/100
  2. 2 Great Expectations Academy 57.2/100
  3. 3 Sahuarita Intermediate School 56.8/100
  4. 4 Sahuarita Primary School 55.4/100
  5. 5 Copper View Elementary School 55.0/100

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Which Sahuarita school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Sahuarita Digital Pathways Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sahuarita schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Sahuarita, AZ? ▼

Sahuarita has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 6,406 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.4:1.

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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.