Morenci High School

Set in MORENCI, Arizona, Morenci High School is a low-enrollment senior high, overseen by Morenci Unified District (4230). It caters to 361 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 43% smaller than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 631 students.

Morenci Unified District (4230) runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,536 students. Morenci High School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Morenci High School lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 25% White, 6% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 47%.

In terms of school funding signals, Morenci High School logs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. The state averages around 20.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Greenlee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $71,164 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Morenci High School is one of 9 public schools in Greenlee County (combined enrollment of about 1,918 students).

Fairbanks Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Morenci High School has increased 9%, going from 331 students in 2018 to 361 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 70% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 in 2025.

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