NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Thatcher, AZ

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

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6
Schools
1,825
Students
33.8/100
Avg Resource Index
17:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Lean reported-resource profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Thatcher has more public-school enrollment than 10% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Thatcher'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

Thatcher's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 1 combined-grade record. 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

Thatcher lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 24 to 549 students, a 23-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 90%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
21st percentile
Teacher staffing
33rd percentile

Thatcher Elementary School accounts for 30.1% of all Thatcher public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Thatcher-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Elementary. 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

Thatcher school enrollment varies 23× across entities

Thatcher school enrollment ranges from 24 students (lowest) to 549 students (highest), a spread of 525 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. 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

Thatcher student-teacher ratio is 17.0:1 — 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 Thatcher is typically wider than the Thatcher-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Thatcher Middle School 46
2. Gift - Gila Institute for Technology 40
3. Thatcher High School 35
4. Thatcher Elementary School 31
5. Eagle Online Academy 30
6. Jack Daley Primary School 21

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Thatcher

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 Gift - Gila Institute for Technology 49.7/100
  2. 2 Eagle Online Academy 47.9/100
  3. 3 Thatcher Elementary School 47.8/100
  4. 4 Jack Daley Primary School 46.8/100
  5. 5 Thatcher Middle School 46.2/100

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Which Thatcher school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Thatcher Middle School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Thatcher schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Thatcher, AZ? ▼

Thatcher has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,825 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 17:1.

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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.