Mountain Meadows Primary

Mountain Meadows Primary is a very small elementary-level community in Heber-Overgaard, Arizona, overseen by Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392). The school enrolls 142 students in grades pre-K through 3. That puts it 69% leaner than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Within Heber-Overgaard Unified District (4392), which oversees 4 schools and 490 students, Mountain Meadows Primary is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Mountain Meadows Primary logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 45% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Mountain Meadows Primary records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Mountain Meadows Primary higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Navajo County put median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Navajo County runs 98 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,662 students), of which Mountain Meadows Primary is one.

Nearest neighbor: Capps Elementary School, around 3.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Mountain Meadows Primary.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 148 students in 2018 compared to 142 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 16% to 23% over that span.

Inside the community feed, members of the Mountain Meadows Primary community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.