Havasupai Elementary School, Lake Havasu City AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Havasupai Elementary School

Havasupai Elementary School, part of the Lake Havasu Unified School District, serves kindergarten through sixth grade in the southern part of Lake Havasu City. It is a regular public school with an enrollment that is roughly split between white students and Hispanic students, with small numbers of students from other racial backgrounds. The school is relatively small for its grade band, drawing from the surrounding residential neighborhoods in a community that was originally platted for family and retirement living.

Lake Havasu City itself is a master-planned, car-oriented community built around tourism and the iconic London Bridge. The economy is heavily shaped by education, health care, retail, and hospitality, with the lake and its many miles of coastline serving as the primary recreational draw. The city has seen modest population growth and is investing in infrastructure, including new fire stations and water system upgrades. The local housing market is notably expensive relative to national benchmarks, with both home values and rents above typical national levels, and home values have seen a very slight recent decline. This means a family moving into the area for the school should expect a higher-cost housing market than many parts of the country.

The district itself has expanded school choice by opening Oro Grande Classical Academy, a classical education program for elementary grades, offering an alternative curriculum model to traditional schools like Havasupai.

On state assessments from the 2024-25 school year, Havasupai’s results are concentrated at a modest level. In English language arts, proficiency rates across grades three, four, and five were similar, with a slightly higher rate in sixth grade. In math, the pattern was consistent across grades three, four, five, and six, holding at roughly the same level. In science, which is tested only in fifth grade, about a third of students scored proficient. When compared against other schools within Mohave County across tested grades and subjects, Havasupai’s overall proficiency index sits below the midpoint of the county’s districts. For a parent sizing up academic expectations, this means that a majority of students at the school are not meeting state proficiency benchmarks in the core subjects.

The data does not contain information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, the number of students with disabilities, or English learner populations, so it is not possible to assess the school's level of economic or learning support needs from the available records. Information on discipline rates, chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, and course access is also absent. The graduation rate is not applicable because the school only serves elementary grades.

For a family weighing whether this school fits, the picture is one of a standard elementary school in a stable, tourist-based desert city with a higher-cost housing market. The academic results are on the lower side relative to other schools in the same county, which is a factor a parent would want to explore further, particularly by asking the school about its curriculum, interventions, and how it supports students who are not yet at the proficient level. The school’s small enrollment and regular public school setting mean class sizes and daily routines are likely conventional. Families who value a classical education model may also consider Oro Grande as an option within the same district.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 44% · ▼ 11 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 44% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 50% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 34% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 432%

School 32% · District 45% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 39% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 51% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Science

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 39% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

This schoolLake Havasu Unified District (4368), same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.