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Thatcher Unified District

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At a glance

134^thof 267 Arizona districts▼ 9

Better than 49% of Arizona districts

Elementary 2 Middle 1 High 2Grades PK, KG-12

3490 W Main St
Thatcher, AZ 85552-5713·(928) 348-7200·All Arizona district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 49.8% of districts

Schools

1,801

Students

Top rankedThatcher High School110^th of 256 Arizona high schools

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Smallest classes

Thatcher Middle School 14.1 students per teacher

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Summary:

Thatcher Unified District serves families in Thatcher through five schools—two elementary, one middle and two high schools—from primary grades through high school; three schools have reportable 2025–26 all-grades test results. The clearest overall finding is that Thatcher Elementary School leads in both subjects, while Thatcher Middle School has a notable math shortfall.

Thatcher Elementary School stands out at the top: 47% are proficient in ELA and 37% in math, compared with the lowest school results of 42% in ELA at Thatcher High School and 26% in math at Thatcher Middle School. Elementary is 6 percentage points above the state in ELA and 4 points above in math. Middle’s ELA result is 44%, 3 points above the state, but its math result is 7 points below both the state and district. There are subject-specific bright spots: Middle’s eighth-grade science result is 43%, 13 points above the state, and High’s eleventh-grade science result is 7 points above the state.

SchoolDigger rankings have slipped toward the middle of the state distribution: from 2023–24 to 2025–26, Elementary fell 6 percentile points to the 53rd, High fell 17 points to the 57th, and Middle fell 7 points to the 52nd; all three remain above the 50th percentile. Elementary’s strong overall results also vary by grade: its fourth-grade results exceed state levels by 14 points in ELA and 9 in math, while sixth-grade ELA is 3 points below the state and third-grade math is 7 points below. Ratios range from 14.1 students per teacher at Middle to 25.5 at Elementary, showing no simple match between lower ratios and higher scores. Test results are suppressed for Eagle Online Academy and are not listed for Jack Daley Primary School; grade spans differ, and free/reduced-lunch figures are blank.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				AASA English Language Arts (2026)								AASA Mathematics (2026)								Vaccination (2025-26)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Directly certified (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 11th Grade	AASA English Language Arts All Grades	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 11th Grade	AASA Mathematics All Grades	Vaccination: Kindergartners fully immunized against measles (MMR)	Vaccination: Exemption rate	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Jack Daley Primary School	Public	PK, KG-2	3615 Second St.	Thatcher	85552	Graham County	Thatcher Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 348-7240	418	25	16.8	28.9%	281 (67.2%)	1 (0.2%)	118 (28.2%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)								(n/a)																	81.5%	16.2%	$6,954	$569	$13	$1,152	$5,841	$530	$6,371
Thatcher Elementary School	Public	3-6	1350 4th Avenue	Thatcher	85552	Graham County	Thatcher Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 348-7250	549	22	25.5	26.4%	363 (66.1%)	1 (0.2%)	159 (29.0%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (2.4%)	45.6	424^th of 900 public elementary schools	52.9%		51.3	378^th of 909 public elementary schools	58.4%	46	48.0	61.0	39.0	38.0				47.0	31.0	49.0	39.0	29.0				37.0			$4,637	$178	$02	$358	$3,771	$687	$4,457
Thatcher Middle School	Public	7-8	1300 North 4th Avenue	Thatcher	85552	Graham County	Thatcher Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 348-7260	273	19	14.1	22.3%	185 (67.8%)	4 (1.5%)	76 (27.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.5%)	41.5	256^th of 536 public middle schools	52.2%		53.7	212^th of 552 public middle schools	61.6%	44					47.0	41.0		44.0					26.0	26.0		26.0			$5,907	$00			$4,807	$1,100	$5,907
Thatcher High School	Public	9-12	601 North 3rd Avenue	Thatcher	85552	Graham County	Thatcher Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 348-7270	512	31	16.7	17.6%	377 (73.6%)	0 (0.0%)	115 (22.5%)	1 (0.2%)	6 (1.2%)	1 (0.2%)	12 (2.3%)	49.6	110^th of 256 public high schools	57.0%		53.8	107^th of 271 public high schools	60.5%	3							42.0	42.0							35.0	35.0			$5,475	$07	$16	$31	$4,465	$986	$5,451
Eagle Online Academy	Public, Virtual	7-12	3490 W Main St	Thatcher	85552	Graham County	Thatcher Unified District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(928) 348-7200	49			—	32 (65.3%)	1 (2.0%)	15 (30.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)								(n/a)																				$00			$00

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Gila Institute for Technology	0.62 mi	9
Safford Unified District	2.48 mi	7	169^th
Graham County School Superintendent	2.69 mi	1
Graham County Juvenile Detention	2.72 mi	1
Triumphant Learning Center	3.4 mi	1

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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