Zuni Public School District

Zuni Public School District (ZPSD) is a school district headquartered in the Zuni Pueblo census-designated place of unincorporated McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.

Zuni Public School District
Address
12 Twin Buttes Drive
ZUNI
, New Mexico, 87327
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12[1]
NCES District ID3502800[1]
Students and staff
Students1,232[1]
Teachers78.92 (FTE)[1]
Staff88.37 (FTE)[1]
Student–teacher ratio15.61[1]
Other information
Websitewww.zpsd.org

It includes sections in Cibola County and McKinley County (including Zuni Pueblo and Black Rock).[2][3]

History

Created on July 1, 1980,[4] it was the first tribally controlled public school system in the United States.[5] The last school district creation, prior to that of Zuni, occurred in 1950. Zuni School District, which largely coincides with the Zuni Indian Reservation, became the 89th school district in New Mexico. The initial prospective enrollment was 1,800,[6] with 98% of them being Zuni people. Hayes Lewis, the acting superintendent, stated that the reason why the Zuni Pueblo community decided to leave the Gallup-McKinley County Schools system is because the Zuni people wanted to make their own educational decisions, and a Zuni had never been elected to the school board of the previous district. The Zuni people had attempted forming their own school district for about ten years prior.[7]

In 1999 the district leadership criticized the New Mexico school district funding formulas, stating they are not enough to support the district.[8]

Schools
  • Zuni High School
  • Zuni Middle School
  • Shiwi T'sana Elementary School (K-5) - It was scheduled to open in 2016 and replaced the A:shiwi and Dowa Yalanne schools.[9]
Alternative school
  • Twin Buttes Cyber Academy
Former schools (K-5)
  • A:shiwi Elementary School - It began operations in the fall of 1992.[10] It was in the east of the village. As of 2000 its enrollment was around 450.[11]
  • Dowa Yalanne Elementary School - As of 1999 its enrollment exceeded 500. It was in the southern portion of Zuni Pueblo.[12]
  • Twin Buttes High School (alternative school) - Its building, built in the 1930s, is in the Zuni style.[10]

References
  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for ZUNI PUBLIC SCHOOLS". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
  2. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: McKinley County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  3. "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cibola County, NM" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
  4. "Home". Zuni Public School District. November 11, 1998. Archived from the original on November 11, 1998. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  5. Carrillo, Cruz, Lynn (2007). "No Cake for Zuni: The Constitutionality of New Mexico's Public School Capital Finance System". New Mexico Law Review. 37 (2). ISSN 0028-6214.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Sanchez, Arley (July 2, 1980). "Zuni Pueblo Launches Its Own School District". Albuquerque Journal. Vol. 100, no. 184. Albuquerque, New Mexico. pp. A-1, A-16. - Clipping of first and of second page from Newspapers.com.
  7. Ragland, Ruth Ann (June 30, 1980). "Zuni school officials to celebrate creation of state's newest district". The Santa Fe New Mexican. Santa Fe, New Mexico. Associated Press. p. B-2. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  8. Roberts, Chris (February 7, 1999). "Educational Equity: Pueblo Fights for Federal Dollars". Albuquerque Journal. p. B4. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  9. "Invitation to Bid ("ITB")" (PDF). Zuni Public School District. p. 10/17. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  10. "Zuni School Sites". Zuni School District. February 3, 1999. Archived from the original on February 3, 1999. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  11. "Who We Are". A:shiwi Elementary School. December 12, 2000. Archived from the original on December 12, 2000. Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  12. "Welcome to Dowa Yalanne Elementary School". Dowa Yalanne Elementary School. February 21, 1999. Archived from the original on February 21, 1999. Retrieved January 11, 2022.

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