Valley High School

Valley High School is a senior high of tiny scale in Sanders, Arizona, run under Sanders Unified District (4156), caters to 193 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 69% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 631 students.

Sanders Unified District (4156) runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 624 students. Valley High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Valley High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (95%). Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.2:1, putting Valley High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Apache County indicate median household earnings sit near $41,438, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. Across Apache County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,525 students), Valley High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Sanders Elementary School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Valley High School's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 209 (now 193).

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.