ZUNI HIGH

Set in ZUNI, New Mexico, ZUNI HIGH is a modestly sized high school, run under ZUNI. It hosts 295 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New Mexico's public schools average about 450 students each, so ZUNI HIGH sits 34% below that benchmark.

Within ZUNI, which oversees 4 schools and 1,052 students, ZUNI HIGH is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ZUNI HIGH records that 90% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority. The remainder is composed of 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 22.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at ZUNI HIGH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against McKinley County (around 85%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for McKinley County indicate median household income runs about $47,668, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 28% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ZUNI HIGH is one of 53 public schools in McKinley County (combined enrollment of about 16,807 students).

Nearest neighbor: SHIWI TS'ANA ELEMENTARY, around 0.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 286 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 1% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.