Tsehootsooi Intermediate Learning Center

Tsehootsooi Intermediate Learning Center in Fort Defiance, Arizona, serves 340 students in grades 4–6 and is part of the Window Rock Unified District. In 2025–26, 26% of students were proficient in English language arts (ELA) and 24% in math. Both results were below Arizona averages, though above district results. The most important finding for parents is that the school’s results are stronger than its district’s but still leave substantial room to improve, particularly compared with the state.

Math is the school’s relative bright spot, while fifth grade is a weaker point. All-grade math proficiency was 24%, 6 points above the district’s 18% but 9 points below Arizona’s 33%; ELA was 26%, just 1 point above the district and 15 below the state. Sixth-grade math reached 28%, matching the district and coming within 2 points of the state’s 30%. Fifth-grade results were lower: 21% in math and 22% in ELA. Compared with nearby Tsehootsooi Middle School, which serves grades 7–8, the learning center’s all-grade results were 17 points higher in math and 5 points higher in ELA. Those differences offer context, not a same-grade comparison.

Fifth-grade science has improved: proficiency rose from 5% in 2022–23 to 15% in 2024–25, narrowing the gap with Arizona from 29 points to 19; the latest result was 1 point above the district. The student-teacher ratio was 18.8 in 2024–25, nearly the same as the nearby school’s 18.9, and up from 15.9 in 2023–24. The only reported free/reduced-lunch rate was 46% in 2022–23, with no comparable nearby or more recent figure. SchoolDigger lists the nearby school at rank 498 of 552, in the 10th percentile, with 0 stars for 2024–25; the learning center’s rank and star rating were not provided, so its relative standing cannot be determined.