Congress Elementary School District is a
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district headquartered in
Congress, Arizona
Congress (aka Old Congress) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. Once a gold-mining center for the Congress Mine and then a ghost town, Congress now serves as a retirement and bedroom community for nearb ...
. It operates Congress Elementary School.
The district includes the Congress
census-designated place
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and a portion of the
Yarnell CDP.
The district sends high school students to
Wickenburg High School of the
Wickenburg Unified School District.
History
Previously the Congress district did not operate any schools. Students attended Wickenburg USD for all grade levels.
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At one point the Walnut Creek School consolidated into the Congress district.
Congress Elementary School opened in 2001 with all grade levels in elementary and middle school. Its initial enrollment was 110.
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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
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Student performance
In 2015 its AZMerit scores were 77% for mathematics and 66% for English. 80 of its students took the exams.
See also
Sending school districts in Arizona:
* Chevelon Butte School District
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The district boundary includes Forest Lakes and most of Blue Ridge.
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* Walnut Grove Elementary School District
References
Further reading
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External links
Congress Elementary School District
{{Education in Yavapai County, Arizona
Public K–8 schools in Arizona
School districts in Yavapai County, Arizona