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Schools in Sells · Indian Oasis-Baboquivari Unified District

Sells’s public schools score below 99% of Arizona districts

The public schools Sells’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 99% of Arizona’s districts on state tests and graduation.

Graduate on time
12%
▼ 65 pts vs AZ 77%
class of 2020
Spent per student
$19.9K
▲ 61% vs AZ $12.3K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.3
AZ 17.5 · smaller classes
Schools
6
657 students
The School Grade

How Sells compares

D− Graduation
Arizona school districts we grade (567)Better than 1%
Lower resultsHigher results
Lower confidence. Built on 0 tested students and a graduating class of 70. With numbers this small, one year can move the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Arizona’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Arizona only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Sells.

The path, start to finish
PK–3Indian Oasis Primary Elementary SchoolIndian Oasis-Baboquivari Unified District
7–8Baboquivari Middle Schoolin Topawa
9–12Baboquivari High Schoolin Topawa

The district

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school in Sells

6 schools. Grades are ours, from state tests and graduation. Stars are from neighbors.

Elementary
Middle
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Colleges near Sells

There’s no college in Sells, but 1 is within 30 miles. The closest is Tohono O'odham Community College in Sells, 10.3 miles away.

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Tohono O'odham Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Sells
10.3 mi128 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Sells. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.

School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Arizona. Stars are from neighbors.

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