Congress Elementary School District

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

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

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. "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. 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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