NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in San Tan Vly, AZ

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

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5
Schools
336
Students
28.5/100
Avg Resource Index
27.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, San Tan Vly has more public-school enrollment than 1% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Early Childhood Learning Center enrolls 48.8% of San Tan Vly's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of San Tan Vly's 5 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

San Tan Vly lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 3 to 164 students, a 55-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.

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Early Childhood Learning Center accounts for 48.8% of all San Tan Vly public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of San Tan Vly a distant remainder — means San Tan Vly-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

San Tan Vly school enrollment varies 55× across entities

San Tan Vly school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 164 students (highest), a spread of 161 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

San Tan Vly student-teacher ratio is 27.9:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)

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 Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.

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

# School Score
1. Combs Online School for Success 44
2. Asdb - Elp Satellite 1 Preschool (Jo Combs Preschool) 30
3. Early Childhood Learning Center 24
4. Combs Center for Success High School 16
5. Combs Center for Success Middle School -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in San Tan Vly

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 Combs Center for Success High School 63.2/100
  2. 2 Early Childhood Learning Center 61.7/100
  3. 3 Combs Online School for Success 61.1/100
  4. 4 Combs Center for Success Middle School 37.5/100

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Which San Tan Vly school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Combs Online School for Success has the highest Resource Investment Index among the San Tan Vly schools in this federal-data comparison at 44/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in San Tan Vly, AZ? ▼

San Tan Vly has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 336 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 27.9:1.

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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.