NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AZ

Best-Resourced Schools in Tuba City, AZ

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7 public K-12 schools in Tuba City 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
1,385
Students
46.5/100
Avg Resource Index
10.4:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Tuba City has more public-school enrollment than 5% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Tuba City High School enrolls 48.1% of Tuba City'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 Tuba City'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.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Tuba City lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 4 to 666 students, a 167-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 95%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
76th percentile
Teacher staffing
98th percentile

Tuba City High School accounts for 48.1% of all Tuba City public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Tuba City a distant remainder — means Tuba City-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

Tuba City school enrollment varies 167× across entities

Tuba City school enrollment ranges from 4 students (lowest) to 666 students (highest), a spread of 662 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

Tuba City reports 74.2% 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

Tuba City student-teacher ratio is 10.4:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Nizhoni Accelerated Academy 61
2. Tuba City Junior High School 58
3. Dzil Libei Elementary School 51
4. Tsinaabaas Habitiin Elementary School 46
5. Tuba City High School 38
6. Tuba City Elementary School 25
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Which Tuba City school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Nizhoni Accelerated Academy has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Tuba City schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Tuba City, AZ? ▼

Tuba City has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,385 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 10.4:1.

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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.