Congress Elementary School District

School district in Arizona, United States
Congress Elementary School District
Address
26400 South Tenderfoot Hill Road
Congress
, Arizona, 85332
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–8[1]
NCES District ID0402220[1]
Students and staff
Students79[1]
Teachers9.5[1]
Staff12.1[1]
Student–teacher ratio8.32[1]
Other information
Websitewww.congressdistrict.org

Congress Elementary School District is a K-8 school district headquartered in Congress, Arizona. It operates Congress Elementary School.

The district includes the Congress census-designated place and a portion of the Yarnell CDP.[2]

The district sends high school students to Wickenburg High School of the Wickenburg Unified School District.[3]

History

Previously the Congress district did not operate any schools.[4] Students attended Wickenburg USD for all grade levels.[5]

At one point the Walnut Creek School consolidated into the Congress district.[6]

Congress Elementary School opened in 2001 with all grade levels in elementary and middle school. Its initial enrollment was 110.[5]

In 2010 the student enrollment was 112. That year the district began the practice of filing lawsuits against parents who had filed multiple requests to make information public, asking to set a condition so only a judge could allow their requests to go through. The district argued that the parents were harassing the district employees. This caused the San Francisco Examiner to write a critical article about this.[7] Congress Elementary School District v. Warren resulted.

Student performance

In 2015 its AZMerit scores were 77% for mathematics and 66% for English. 80 of its students took the exams.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Congress Elementary District (4479)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  2. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Yavapai County, AZ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  3. ^ "District". Congress Elementary School District. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  4. ^ "Yarnell schools annex Peeples Valley district". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, Arizona. 1979-12-05. p. B7. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b Gassen, Sarah Garrecht (2001-09-02). "School volunteer pledges catch on". Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. pp. B1, B4, B5. - Clipping of first, of second page, and of third page at Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Communities gather at Skull Valley for annual small schools track meet". The Daily Courier. Prescott, Arizona. 2010-05-06.
  7. ^ Arrillaga, Pauline (2010-03-18). "Tiny school district sues citizens who seek info". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  8. ^ Cano, Ricardo (2015-11-30). "AzMERIT scores: Most students failed inaugural test". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2022-01-31.

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Note Wickenburg's high school, Wickenburg High School, is in Maricopa County. Wickenburg High also serves Congress School District students and formerly served Yarnell students.
Cañon, as of 1984, sends students to Deer Valley Unified School District in Maricopa County.