Safford Middle School

Safford Middle School is a cozy middle school in SAFFORD, Arizona, part of Safford Unified District (4218). The school works with 375 students in grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 494 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

Safford Unified District (4218) comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,874 students; Safford Middle School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Safford Middle School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 41% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Safford Middle School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.8:1, putting Safford Middle School higher than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Graham County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,325 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Graham County runs 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,927 students), of which Safford Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lafe Nelson School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 456 students in 2018 compared to 375 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 48% to 41% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.