Tsaile Elementary School

Tsaile Elementary School is a K-5 school of close-knit scale in Tsaile, Arizona, part of Chinle Unified District (4158), teacheing 313 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Tsaile Elementary School sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Tsaile Elementary School is one of 7 schools operated by Chinle Unified District (4158), a district that educates 2,910 students overall.

Demographically, Tsaile Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

Looking at school resources, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Apache County) shows that median household income runs about $41,438, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 25%. Tsaile Elementary School is one of 67 public schools in Apache County (combined enrollment of about 11,525 students).

Lukachukai Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.1 miles from this campus.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tsaile Elementary School has declined 23%, going from 404 students in 2018 to 313 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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