Ruth Fisher Middle School

Set in TONOPAH, Arizona, Ruth Fisher Middle School is a reasonably sized K-12 campus, operated by Saddle Mountain Unified School District (4254). It educates 745 students across grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 550.

Saddle Mountain Unified School District (4254) comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,265 students; Ruth Fisher Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ruth Fisher Middle School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 26% White, 5% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 21.4:1, putting Ruth Fisher Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Ruth Fisher Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Tonopah Valley High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Ruth Fisher Middle School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Ruth Fisher Middle School's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 745). The White share of enrollment contracted from 44% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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