Skull Valley Elementary School District

Infobox School
name = Skull Valley Elementary School


type = Public school
principal = Vicki Hilliker
faculty = 2
enrollment = 28
location = 3150 South Old Skull Valley Road,
Skull Valley, Arizona 86338
United States
phone = [phone]
fax = [phone]
website = none

Skull Valley Elementary School is a public school in Skull Valley, Arizona, currently offering grades K-6. The school has operated for years with two teachers and generally 20-30 students. [http://www.azauditor.gov/Reports/School_Districts/Districts/Skull%20Valley%20ESD/2007/Skull%20Valley%20ESD.pdf]

The school district has leased land to the [http://www.skullvalley.org/ Skull Valley Historical Society] , which has a museum next door to the school, and the historical school building itself is a significant historical structure in the area.

As of the 2003 census, the population in the Skull Valley Elementary School District was 525 people. [http://www.ade.az.gov/asd/operations/ArizonaCensus2003.pdf]

Historical Significance

Although official records do not indicate this, area settlers recall that a school was established in 1878. The school had been formally established by the early 1900s, when it offered education to children in all of the grades.

The two-room schoolhouse structure built in 1925 still stands on the school grounds.

Despite extensive consolidations over time in Yavapai County, Arizona, Skull Valley still has a school. The new/current elementary school building sits on the same land, next to the historical schoolhouse. Currently, students above the 8th grade are bussed to Prescott to attend high school.

[http://www.sharlot.org/roundup/archives/SVDM.shtml] [http://www.sharlot.org/roundup/artifacts/SVDM.shtml]

References

* [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/az/2112 GreatSchools.net listing]
* [http://schools.publicschoolsreport.com/Arizona/SkullValley/SkullValleyElementarySchool.html Public Schools Report]