NCES CCD 2024-25 5 schools CA

Best-Resourced Schools in Maricopa, CA

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

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5
Schools
13,903
Students
29.6/100
Avg Resource Index
24.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Large system with a dominant campus

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Maricopa has more public-school enrollment than 87% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Maricopa sits near the top of the national city distribution by public-school enrollment, while Blue Ridge Academy alone enrolls 55.1% of local students. The city total therefore does not describe a uniform market: one large campus materially shapes the aggregate, and the remaining schools operate at a different scale. Read the ranked table alongside each campus profile rather than treating the city mean as a typical school.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

2 of Maricopa's 5 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

Maricopa lists only 5 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 71 to 7,657 students, a 108-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 13%
School count
Top 99%
Resource Index average
11th percentile
Teacher staffing
2nd percentile

Blue Ridge Academy accounts for 55.1% of all Maricopa public-school enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Maricopa a distant remainder — means Maricopa-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Maricopa school enrollment varies 108× across entities

Maricopa school enrollment ranges from 71 students (lowest) to 7,657 students (highest), a spread of 7,586 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

Maricopa student-teacher ratio is 24.6:1 — 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

2 of Maricopa's 5 listed schools are charters

40% 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. Maricopa High 38
2. Blue Ridge Academy 32
3. Heartland Charter 32
4. Maricopa Middle 28
5. Maricopa Elementary 18

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Maricopa

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 Blue Ridge Academy 68.5/100
  2. 2 Heartland Charter 56.8/100
  3. 3 Maricopa Middle 54.0/100
  4. 4 Maricopa High 50.2/100
  5. 5 Maricopa Elementary 45.8/100

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Which Maricopa school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Maricopa High has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Maricopa schools in this federal-data comparison at 38/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Maricopa, CA? ▼

Maricopa has 5 public schools with a total enrollment of 13,903 students. 2 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 24.6:1.

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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.