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Schools in Sanders

Sanders’s public schools

Sanders Unified District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sanders. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Arizona’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% of students in Arizona’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
17%
2021–22
Math proficiency
10%
2021–22
Graduate on time
84%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.7K
▲ 76% vs AZ $12.3K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.7
AZ 17.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
3
624 students on the public path
In brief

Sanders’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Sanders’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arizona’s 1,781 public schools. Sanders Elementary School places highest (better than 4%); Valley High School lowest (1%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Sanders, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–7Sanders Elementary SchoolSanders Unified DistrictD−
9–12Valley High SchoolSanders Unified DistrictD−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Sanders Unified District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Sanders Unified DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 624 students, down 4% since 2021–22 · 12.7 per teacher (AZ 17.2)
$21,674AZ $12,318 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading17%
State average 40.4% · 342 students tested
Math10%
State average 34.8% · 344 students tested

Sanders vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arizona towns that share Sanders’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Sanders—Sanders Unified District

Every school in Sanders

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arizona’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Sandersby address
Sanders Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–7
D−
267 students13:1Rate it →
Sanders Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
D−
164 students19:1Rate it →
Valley High School
High · Grades 9–12
D−
193 students9:1Rate it →

Left off: 2 public programs with fewer than 25 students (NATIVE - Sanders Valley High School and Lichii Deezh Ahi Learning Academy).

Questions about Sanders’s schools

Are Sanders’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Sanders. Sanders Unified District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Sanders. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arizona’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Sanders in?

Sanders Unified District.

Where do Sanders kids go to high school?

Valley High School.

Parents talk

What Sanders families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.