Best Public Schools in Tonto Basin, AZ

Summary:

The city of Tonto Basin, Arizona is home to a single school, Tonto Basin Elementary, which serves grades PK-8 with a total enrollment of 84 students. The school's performance and demographics reveal a mix of strengths and challenges compared to state averages.

Tonto Basin Elementary has a predominantly white student population (79.76%), with a significant Hispanic population (15.48%) and a small percentage of students identifying as two or more races (4.76%). Academically, the school's performance is mixed, with 5th grade science proficiency (11%) well below the state average (34%), but 7th grade English Language Arts proficiency (50%) exceeding the state average. In mathematics, 3rd grade proficiency (42%) is on par with the state, but 4th, 6th, and 8th grade proficiency rates are significantly lower. The school also faces a relatively high dropout rate of 8.3%.

Tonto Basin Elementary serves a community with significant economic challenges, as indicated by the high percentage of students (78.57%) qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school's per-student spending of $17,317 is higher than the state average, but the student-teacher ratio of 16.8 is slightly above the recommended 15:1 ratio for elementary schools. These factors suggest the school may be facing resource and staffing challenges that could be impacting its ability to provide a consistently high-quality education to its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Tonto Basin Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	445 S. Old Hwy 188	Tonto Basin	85553	Gila County	Tonto Basin Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 479-2277	84	5	16.8	78.6%	67 (79.8%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (15.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (4.8%)								(n/a)	$17,317	$1,596	$1,743	$4,936	$10,587	$3,390	$13,978

Cities Near Tonto Basin

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Young	11.78 mi	2
Payson	13.18 mi	9	72^nd
Pine	26.24 mi	1	23^rd
Cibecue	38.95 mi	1
Heber	40.2 mi	4	24^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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