Blue Ridge Jr High School

Blue Ridge Jr High School is a 6-8 campus of cozy scale in LAKESIDE, Arizona, part of Blue Ridge Unified School District No. 32 (4397), works with 229 students in grades 7 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 54% below the state mean of about 494.

Within Blue Ridge Unified School District No. 32 (4397), which oversees 3 schools and 1,628 students, Blue Ridge Jr High School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Blue Ridge Jr High School reports that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 17% Native American, 9% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Navajo County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Navajo County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,606 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Navajo County's 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,662 students), Blue Ridge Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Blue Ridge High School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 38%: 372 students in 2018 compared to 229 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.