Elementary school (grades K-5) · Amado, AZ

Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall

Federal NCES profile for Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 30/100.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 040026402084Charter school
0/100100/10030/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

30
Resource Index · Lower
81
students enrolled

Enrollment

81

Arizona · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall

Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall is a mid-sized charter elementary school in Amado, Arizona, enrolling 81 students.

Enrollment of 81 puts it in the smaller third of Arizona schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 2,064 scored Arizona schools.

Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (67%) and White (31%) (diversity index 46/100).

Its district draws 17.7% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Santa Cruz Valley Opportunities in Education Inc. (79066) is a single-school charter district, so Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall operates independently rather than alongside district-mates.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall compares

Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall on the metrics families compare, against Arizona and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Arizona Arizona avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 81 top 84% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

81
Bigger than 8% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$13,561
per pupil, district-wide - above Arizona avg of $13,145
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

Hispanic or Latino 66.7%
White 30.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.2%
Two or More 1.2%

Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 66.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 45.9/100

Simpson diversity index - at 45.9, Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall is about as mixed as the Arizona school average of 47.2.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Santa Cruz Valley Opportunities in Education Inc. (79066), which includes Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall.

$13,561
Per student
+3%
vs Arizona
Avg $13,145
-18%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 25.0%
State 57.3%
Federal 17.7%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Arizona, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall's federal record.

  • Compare Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall against another school. Compare schools
  • Santa Cruz Valley Opportunities in Education Inc. (79066)'s spending and staffing shape this school. District profile
  • Confirm current enrollment and boundaries with the school. Choosing guide

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall

How many students attend Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall?

Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall has 81 students enrolled. It is an elementary school in Amado, AZ.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall?

The largest demographic group at Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall is Hispanic or Latino at 66.7% of enrollment, in Amado, AZ.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall?

Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall has a Resource Investment Index of 30/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 1 factor: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

Is Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall a good school?

Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Santa Cruz Valley Opportunities in Education Inc. (79066)?

None; Santa Cruz Valley Opportunities in Education Inc. (79066) is a single-school charter district, and Montessori De Santa Cruz - St. Ann's Hall is its only campus.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.