Indian Wells Elementary

Indian Wells Elementary is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in Indian Wells, Arizona, operated by Holbrook Unified District (4389), caters to 328 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

Holbrook Unified District (4389) runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,806 students. Indian Wells Elementary is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Indian Wells Elementary logs that 90% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority; the rest reads as 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, Navajo County reports that median household income runs about $54,606, 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), Indian Wells Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Dilcon Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 14.8 miles from this campus.

Indian Wells Elementary operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 405 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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