Montessori De Santa Cruz Charter School

As an one-room-style elementary campus in AMADO, Arizona, Montessori De Santa Cruz Charter School instructs 81 students from grades K through 8, one of the schools within Santa Cruz Valley Opportunities in Education Inc. (79066). Enrollment runs roughly 82% below the state mean of about 451.

Operationally, Montessori De Santa Cruz Charter School answers to Santa Cruz Valley Opportunities in Education Inc. (79066), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Montessori De Santa Cruz Charter School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment; the rest looks like 31% White. That is visibly less Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

In terms of school funding signals, Montessori De Santa Cruz Charter School shows 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Santa Cruz County) records that the typical household earns roughly $55,217 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Santa Cruz County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,432 students), of which Montessori De Santa Cruz Charter School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sopori Elementary School, around 1.7 miles off.

The school occupies an outlying site. Montessori De Santa Cruz Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 56%: 52 students in 2018 compared to 81 in 2025.

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