Mexicayotl Charter School

Mexicayotl Charter School operates as a rural-scale elementary-level community in NOGALES, Arizona, part of Mexicayotl Academy Inc. (4463). Current enrollment sits at 168 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Mexicayotl Charter School sits 63% below that benchmark.

Within Mexicayotl Academy Inc. (4463), which oversees 2 schools and 209 students, Mexicayotl Charter School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mexicayotl Charter School shows that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. By comparison, Santa Cruz County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Mexicayotl Charter School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, census data for Santa Cruz County shows the typical household earns roughly $55,217 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Santa Cruz County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,432 students), of which Mexicayotl Charter School is one.

The closest other public school is Pinnacle Charter High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mexicayotl Charter School.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area. As a public charter, Mexicayotl Charter School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Mexicayotl Charter School's enrollment has expanded 4% since 2018, when it stood at 161 (now 168).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.