The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in Science. The lowest is 25% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Bonnie Brennan School
Bonnie Brennan School serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade six and is part of the Winslow Unified District in the small city of Winslow, Arizona. The school sits in a community shaped by its railroad roots, where BNSF Railway remains the largest employer and tourism flows around the historic Route 66 corridor. The city's economy also includes healthcare, education, and retail, and publicly reported sources describe an available supply of land zoned for residential and commercial development. Winslow’s housing market reflects a lower-cost setting relative to state and national benchmarks, with home values that have pulled back slightly over the past year.
The school draws its enrollment roughly evenly between two demographic groups: students who identify as American Indian or Alaska Native and students who identify as Hispanic. White students and students of two or more races make up smaller shares of the population. The data does not include counts for students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals or for students receiving special education or English learner services, so a family looking to understand the level of economic diversity or support programming would need to ask the school directly.
State testing data is available for the 2024-25 school year for math and English language arts in grades three and four. Results are moderate to low: a parent will see that in math, about one-fifth of third graders and about one-quarter of fourth graders met the state’s proficiency bar. In English language arts, about one-quarter of third graders and roughly two-fifths of fourth graders reached proficiency. Science data comes from the 2018-19 school year and shows a higher share of fourth graders scoring proficient at that time. Because the school’s enrollment is concentrated in grades three and four, with no students reported in kindergarten through grade two or in grades five and six, these results represent a narrow slice of the school’s program. A parent may want to ask how the school serves its pre-kindergarten and early primary students, given that no tested outcomes are available for those grades.
When placed among its county peers, Bonnie Brennan School’s overall performance across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint relative to other districts in Navajo County. This is a useful benchmark but comes with context: the county contains a mix of rural and small-city districts, and the comparison reflects a single school’s own grades rather than a district-wide average. No graduation rate applies, as the school ends at grade six. No chronic absenteeism data was available in this dataset.
The school’s programs are not detailed in the available information. Because Bonnie Brennan is a regular public elementary school within a unified district, students in upper grades move on to Winslow Junior High and Winslow High School. The district’s recent bond or referendum activity was not found in publicly reported sources, so it is not possible to say whether the community has recently approved major facility or operational investments.
For a family considering this school, the setting is a small city with a defined downtown core, tourist-oriented street life, and a rail- and service-based local economy. The school itself is an elementary campus where the student body is predominantly American Indian and Hispanic, and where state test performance in early elementary grades is modest. A parent may want to understand the school’s approach to its pre-kindergarten program, the availability of support services for English learners and students with disabilities, and how the school addresses academic growth in the grades that are not assessed by the state.
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