Kayenta Community School

Kayenta, Arizona, is home to Kayenta Community School, a small elementary school. It educates 305 students in kindergarten through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Arizona is about 451 students.

The school serves as its own district in federal records.

At Kayenta Community School, Native American students make up 100% of the student body. The chance that two students picked at random at Kayenta Community School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 0%.

Kayenta Community School's 14 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 21.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Arizona average 17.0:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 99%. Across public schools in Navajo County, the average is about the same, 98%.

Kayenta Community School is located in Navajo County, where median household income is about $54,606, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 20% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 98 public schools in Navajo County, with a combined enrollment of about 19,662.

The next-closest public school is Baker Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles.

The NCES locale for Kayenta Community School is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.

A comparison of 2017-18 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 27%, from 420 to 305.

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