NCES CCD 2024-25 12 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Show Low, AZ

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

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12
Schools
2,658
Students
42.3/100
Avg Resource Index
16.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Show Low has more public-school enrollment than 23% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Show Low 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.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

5 of the 12 listed Show Low 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.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 82-point gap between Navit - Navit Courses and Navit - Northland Pioneer College Wmc shows the range hidden by Show Low'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 77%
School count
Top 31%
Resource Index average
57th percentile
Teacher staffing
40th percentile

Show Low High School accounts for 32.3% of all Show Low public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Show Low-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

Show Low school enrollment varies 95× across entities

Show Low school enrollment ranges from 9 students (lowest) to 858 students (highest), a spread of 849 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

Show Low student-teacher ratio is 16.3:1 — 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 Show Low is typically wider than the Show Low-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

2 of Show Low's 12 listed schools are charters

17% 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. Navit - Navit Courses 82
2. Wmi on Line 64
3. White Mountain Institute 63
4. Show Low Preschool 51
5. Linden Elementary School 44
6. Show Low High School 38
7. Show Low Junior High School 37
8. Nikolaus Homestead Elementary School 36
9. Whipple Ranch Elementary School 32
10. Sequoia Village School 30
11. Sequoia Village High School 30
12. Navit - Northland Pioneer College Wmc -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Show Low

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 White Mountain Institute 57.1/100
  2. 2 Sequoia Village School 52.6/100
  3. 3 Nikolaus Homestead Elementary School 51.2/100
  4. 4 Whipple Ranch Elementary School 49.4/100
  5. 5 Show Low Junior High School 47.1/100

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Which Show Low school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Navit - Navit Courses has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Show Low schools in this federal-data comparison at 82/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Show Low, AZ? ▼

Show Low has 12 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,658 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 16.3:1.

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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.