NCES CCD 2024-25 8 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Snowflake, AZ

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

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8
Schools
2,727
Students
20.1/100
Avg Resource Index
22.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Snowflake has more public-school enrollment than 24% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Snowflake'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.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

4 of Snowflake's 8 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 0 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Snowflake lists only 8 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 7 to 949 students, a 136-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 76%
School count
Top 54%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
7th percentile

Snowflake High School accounts for 34.8% of all Snowflake public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Snowflake-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

Snowflake school enrollment varies 136× across entities

Snowflake school enrollment ranges from 7 students (lowest) to 949 students (highest), a spread of 942 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

Snowflake student-teacher ratio is 22.5:1 — 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 Snowflake's 8 listed schools are charters

13% 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. George Washington Academy 30
2. Snowflake Preschool 30
3. Navit - Northland Pioneer College Scc 28
4. Taylor Elementary School 19
5. Snowflake Intermediate School 18
6. Highland Primary School 14
7. Snowflake Junior High School 13
8. Snowflake High School 9

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Snowflake

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 Snowflake Preschool 54.3/100
  2. 2 Snowflake Intermediate School 42.9/100
  3. 3 George Washington Academy 42.1/100
  4. 4 Snowflake Junior High School 41.5/100
  5. 5 Taylor Elementary School 40.3/100

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Which Snowflake school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

George Washington Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Snowflake schools in this federal-data comparison at 30/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Snowflake, AZ? ▼

Snowflake has 8 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,727 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 22.5:1.

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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.