Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy

Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy is a modestly sized elementary school in PAGE, Arizona, one of the schools within Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy (1001519). The school works with 181 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 60% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy (1001519) is the operating authority for Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

In terms of who attends, Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy logs that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 35% Native American, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Coconino County as a whole is about 56% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy shows 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Coconino County) records that the typical household earns roughly $72,966 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Coconino County runs 80 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,262 students), of which Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Desert View Elementary Intermediate, around 0.5 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy operates from a town-based location. Glen Canyon Outdoor Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.