Hunters Point Boarding School

Hunters Point Boarding School is a very small elementary campus in St. Michaels, Arizona, operated by Hunters Point Boarding School. The school instructs 82 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 82% smaller than typical.

Hunters Point Boarding School is a school of Hunters Point Boarding School, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Hunters Point Boarding School records that nearly all students (100%) are Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Apache County) reports that median household earnings sit near $41,438, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 25% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Apache County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,525 students), Hunters Point Boarding School is one campus in the mix.

Tsehootsooi Dine Bi'Olta is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.8 miles from this campus.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 53%: 173 students in 2018 compared to 82 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Hunters Point Boarding School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.