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Wenden Elementary District

Public school districtGrades PK–8Regional · 3 towns

Serves Wenden, Sunwest and Alamo Lake, and parts of Salome.

Wenden’s Schools page →

Students
68
Schools
1
Spent per student
$21,354
AZ $12,318
Students per teacher
8:1
The gist

What stands out about Wenden Elementary District

  • Its letter, C: results better than 31% of Arizona districts
  • Math proficiency 10 pts below the state
  • Reading proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Spends 73% more per student than the AZ average
  • 9 students per teacher
  • Enrollment down 20.9% since 2020–21
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

C: better than 31% of the 577 Arizona school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well below the state, 2021–22
C
The towns it serves, and their School Grades
Wenden 405Sunwest 45Alamo Lake

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Wenden. Grade by grade →

PK–8Wenden Elementary SchoolThis district
9–12Salome High SchoolBicentennial Union High School District

Test scores vs. AZ

2021–22
Math proficiency20–29%
State average 34.8% · 55 students tested
Reading / language arts20–29%
State average 40.4% · 55 students tested

87% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 90% at Bicentennial Union High School District, which runs the high school (state 77.8%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$21,354 per student · 73% above AZ
Spending
Classroom instruction 44%Support & administration 47%Other 9%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 58%State 28%Federal 14%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
86’20
88’21
80’22
79’23
68’24

Down 20.9% since 2020–21.

Students
Hispanic 72%White 22%Two or more races 3%Asian 1%American Indian/Alaska Native 1%

Schools in the district

1 public school. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arizona’s other public schools.

Wenden Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Wenden
C+
68 students8:1

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within Arizona.