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Tsehootsooi Primary Learning Center

PublicElementaryGrades K–3

Navajo Route 7, Fort Defiance, AZ 86504 · (928) 729-7802 · Part of Window Rock Unified District

Fort Defiance’s School Grade C better than 34% of Arizona school districts

Directions
Students
430
Students per teacher
15:1
Setting
Rural
Grades
K–3
The gist

What stands out about Tsehootsooi Primary Learning Center

  • Its own letter, D: reading and math results near the bottom of Arizona’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 26 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 29 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Fort Defiance kids: Tsehootsooi Middle School

On the path

Where Fort Defiance kids come from and go next. The whole path →

K–3Tsehootsooi Primary Learning CenterYou are here
7–8Tsehootsooi Middle School284 students

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency5%
State average 31.2%
Reading / language arts10%
State average 38.5%

Its own letter, D, places these results among Arizona’s 1,781 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

Navajo Route 7, Fort Defiance

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten103
Grade 190
Grade 2107
Grade 3130
Enrollment over time
403’20
384’21
441’22
433’23
430’24

Up 6.7% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
American Indian/Alaska Native 98%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 1%White <1%Hispanic <1%Asian <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Tsehootsooi Primary Learning Center from Fort Defiance families.

Other schools in Window Rock Unified District

The district →
Integrated Preschool
Prekindergarten · Grades PK · Fort Defiance
39 students20:1
Tsehootsooi Dine Bi'Olta
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Window Rock
C+
64 students13:1
Tsehootsooi Intermediate Learning Center
Middle · Grades 4–6 · Fort Defiance
D
340 students19:1
Tsehootsooi Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8 · Fort Defiance
284 students19:1
Window Rock High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Fort Defiance
548 students20:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Arizona’s other public schools; Fort Defiance’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.