Enrollment Analysis: White students comprised 35.8% of Navajo County's student body in 2022-23 school year

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By East Arizona News

Jul 18, 2024

There were 6,227 white students enrolled in Navajo County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 1.9% decrease from from the 6,348 white students in the previous school year, according to the Arizona Department of Education.

Data showed that Navajo County welcomed 17,416 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, white students made up 35.8% of the student body making them the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 47 schools in Navajo County, Snowflake High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 682 students, making up 77.1% of the school's total student body.

In 2022 Arizona had roughly one teacher for every 19 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students' school performance.

A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor markets for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.

Some data provided by the Arizona Department of Education may be incomplete due to the Family and Educational Rights and Privacy Act.

Ethnicities in Navajo County in 2022-23 School Year

Enrollment in Navajo County Schools During 2022-23 School Year

School name	% of White Students	Total Enrollment
Snowflake High School	77.1%	884
Show Low High School	71.6%	877
Blue Ridge Elementary School	49.6%	819
Winslow High School	11.8%	687
Blue Ridge High School	45.9%	665
Holbrook High School	10.4%	653
Show Low Junior High School	71.9%	588
Highland Primary School	77.7%	493
Snowflake Junior High School	76%	463
Snowflake Intermediate School	74.9%	394
Nikolaus Homestead Elementary School	67.1%	389
Jefferson Elementary School	12.3%	367
Hulet Elementary School	25.5%	349
Holbrook Junior High School	14.1%	347
Taylor Elementary School	77.8%	302
Washington School	13.1%	268
Blue Ridge Junior High School	44.9%	267
Bonnie Brennan School	15%	246
Taylor Intermediate School	80%	225
Joseph City Elementary School	58.6%	203
Linden Elementary School	80.8%	203
George Washington Academy	75.1%	201
Mogollon High School	81.9%	166
Sequoia Village School	73%	163
Mountain Meadows Primary	72.7%	143
Joseph City High School	59.1%	137
Capps Elementary School	71.7%	120
Joseph City Junior High School	50.9%	116
Mogollon Junior High School	74%	77
Northern AZ Academy for Career Dev. - Taylor	75%	64
WMI ON LINE	67.3%	55
White Mountain Institute	65.9%	41