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Blue Ridge High School
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arizona public high schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 146 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 154 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 145 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 153 | 26% |
School pathway
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2017, while math scores are up about 8 points.
AASA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2018-19 | 35.0% | 32.0% |
| 2017-18 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
Where Blue Ridge High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Arizona | In Navajo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #129 of 268 ▼ 14 | #2 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #151 of 267 ▲ 1 | #4 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #81 of 220 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 598 | #179 of 510 | #6 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #82 of 279 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.5% | #22 of 284 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #51 of 132 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 598 | 34.3 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 636 | 35.1 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 34.3 | 19.5:1 | 49% (327) |
| 2020-21 | 696 | 29 | 24.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 35.5 | 19.5:1 | 41% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 32 | 24.1:1 | 51% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 862 | 48 | 18.0:1 | 44% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 45 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 28 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (693 to 598); teachers down 3% (35.5 to 34.3).
About Blue Ridge High School
Students in LAKESIDE, Arizona, attend Blue Ridge High School, a medium-sized high school. The school counts 598 students across grades 9 through 12.
Blue Ridge High School is one school in a 3-school district, Blue Ridge Unified School District No. 32 (4397), which enrolls 1,628 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Blue Ridge High School. The largest is White students, at 43%. Other students are 25% Hispanic, 25% Native American, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, Navajo County is about 45% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 68% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Blue Ridge High School operates with 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 17.4:1. That is lower than the 20.2:1 average for high schools in Arizona.
Measured against Arizona public high schools, Blue Ridge High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Among Navajo County residents, the median household income is $54,606, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 20%. Blue Ridge High School is one of 98 public schools in the county.
Blue Ridge Jr High School is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number 2.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school enrolled 598 students in 2024-25, 98 fewer than the 696 it had in 2020-21. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 24.0:1 to 17.4:1.
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