Sarah Marley School
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arizona public elementary schools
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (48).
Test scores
AASA 2023-24 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 2 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 2 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 42 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 22 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 17 points.
AASA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 2.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 2.0% |
| 2018-19 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
| 2017-18 | 24.0% | 19.0% |
Where Sarah Marley School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arizona | In Cochise County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 2.0% | #1,001 of 1,072 ▲ 3 | #28 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 2.0% | #1,035 of 1,072 ▼ 201 | #29 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #890 of 1,223 | #15 of 39 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.3:1 | #950 of 991 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.0% | #983 of 1,007 | #24 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +27.6% | #53 of 256 | #1 of 6 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 291 | 12 | 24.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 14 | 23.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 13 | 24.1:1 | 86% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 14 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 228 | 12 | 19.0:1 | 96% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 205 | 11 | 18.6:1 | 97% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 304 | 14 | 21.7:1 | 90% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 16 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 15 | 22.8:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students up 28% (228 to 291); teachers unchanged (12 to 12).
About Sarah Marley School
Sarah Marley School is a small elementary school with its address in DOUGLAS, Arizona. It enrolls 291 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 35% below the average for elementary schools in Arizona.
Sarah Marley School is run by Douglas Unified District (4174), whose 9 schools enroll 3,608 students.
Of every 100 students at Sarah Marley School, about 99 are Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Cochise County is roughly 35% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 2%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 24.3:1. The school has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Arizona, the average ratio is 17.0:1.
On the allk12 Grade, Sarah Marley School lands at D, ahead of 6% of Arizona public elementary schools.
In Cochise County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $59,742 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Public schools in Cochise County number 87, with about 18,288 students.
Center for Academic Success #2 - Douglas 9-12, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Sarah Marley School, there are at least 8 other public schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Remote. That means it sits in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 55 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.9:1 to 24.3:1 over the same years.
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