NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Somerton, AZ

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

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7
Schools
2,815
Students
18.4/100
Avg Resource Index
18.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Somerton has more public-school enrollment than 26% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Somerton'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.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

4 of Somerton's 7 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.

High measured need meets a thin staffing ratio

Somerton's reporting schools show 68.6% free-lunch eligibility across measured enrollment, alongside an average 18.9:1 student-teacher ratio. These are separate constraints: one describes the economic context of enrolled students and the other compares student and teacher headcounts. The 22-point gap between Ppep Tec - Jose Yepez Learning Center and Bravie T. Soto Elementary School is therefore more useful than the city mean alone. A school with a similar ratio may still report different counselor access, attendance, or gifted-program availability, so open the campus records before drawing conclusions about student support.

City enrollment
Top 74%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
1st percentile
Teacher staffing
20th percentile

Somerton Middle School accounts for 24.8% of all Somerton public-school enrollment

That concentration means Somerton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. 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

Somerton school enrollment varies 7.8× across entities

Somerton school enrollment ranges from 89 students (lowest) to 697 students (highest), a spread of 608 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. 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

Somerton reports 68.6% free-lunch eligibility

The reported share sits between 62.5% and 75%, above a simple majority but below the highest descriptive band used here. Title I operates under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA, 2015), but its statutory allocation uses additional LEA-level counts and rules not represented by this average. This percentage is an economic-need context measure; it does not establish a Title I award, show dollars received, or describe how funds are distributed among campuses.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Somerton student-teacher ratio is 18.9:1 — 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 Somerton's 7 listed schools are charters

14% 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. Ppep Tec - Jose Yepez Learning Center 30
2. Tierra Del Sol Elementary School 21
3. Desert Sonora Elementary School 21
4. Encanto Learning Center 20
5. Orange Grove Elementary School 16
6. Somerton Middle School 13
7. Bravie T. Soto Elementary School 8

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Which Somerton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Ppep Tec - Jose Yepez Learning Center has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Somerton 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 Somerton, AZ? ▼

Somerton has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,815 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 18.9:1.

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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.