📍 North U.S. Highway 163, Kayenta, Navajo County, 86033
Kayenta Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Kayenta, Navajo County. The school has 480 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Kayenta Unified School District #27 (4396) school district. It serves grades 5–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
Kayenta Middle School enrolls 480 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% American Indian or Alaska Native, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino and 2.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 455 | 95% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 | 2.5% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.3% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
427 of the school's 480 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Kayenta Middle School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-20.
Kayenta Middle School is one of 4 schools in Kayenta Unified School District #27 (4396), based in Kayenta, Arizona. The district serves 1,544 students district-wide and employs 122 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 480 students, Kayenta Middle School is larger than the district average of about 386 students per school.
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