GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology

Located at 615 N STADIUM AVE, in THATCHER, Arizona, GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology is a tiny four-year high school that enrolls 24 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within Gila Institute for Technology (79387). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology sits 96% below that benchmark.

GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology is a school of Gila Institute for Technology (79387), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology records that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 33% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Graham County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology logs 3 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Graham County indicate median household income runs about $67,325, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology is one of 32 public schools in Graham County (combined enrollment of about 6,927 students).

Thatcher High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 22 students in 2018 compared to 24 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

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