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Sanders Unified District (4156), AZ: schools, enrollment and spending
Sanders Unified District (4156) runs 4 public schools with 624 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.7 students per teacher is 5.0 lower than the Arizona figure of 17.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 624
- Teachers (FTE)
- 49
- Students per teacher
- 12.7
- AZ: 17.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- I-40 Hwy 191, Sanders, AZ 86512
- Phone
- (855)678-7873
- County
- Apache County
- Locale
- Rural: Remote
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0406740
- State district ID
- AZ-4156
- Total staff (FTE)
- 121
- School counselors (FTE)
- 1.0About 624 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 3.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.7
Arizona17.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (640), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $19.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $13.8 million
- State revenue
- $5.1 million
- Local revenue
- $563,000
- Total spending
- $12.8 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,025
- Salaries
- $5.9 million45.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 70.8%
- State: 26.3%
- Local: 2.9%
Arizona overall
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 36.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,025
Arizona$11,583
United States$16,826
Schools in Sanders Unified District (4156)
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 1 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Lichii Deezh ahi Learning Academy | Other | K to 12 | 0 | |
| Sanders Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 7 | 267 | 13.3 |
| Sanders Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 164 | 20.5 |
| Valley High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 193 | 9.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Apache County
- Chinle Unified District (4158) 2,910 students
- Window Rock Unified District (4154) 1,705 students
- Round Valley Unified District (4155) 1,237 students
- Ganado Unified School District (4157) 980 students
- St Johns Unified District (4153) 870 students
- Red Mesa Unified District (4159) 427 students
- Mcnary Elementary District (4163) 183 students
- Vernon Elementary District (4162) 138 students
- Concho Elementary District (4160) 129 students
- Alpine Elementary District (4161) 56 students
- Apache County Sheriff's Office (79547) 0 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.