The Clifton Unified School District is the school district in Clifton, Arizona

Clifton, Arizona

Clifton is a town in and the county seat of Greenlee County, Arizona, United States, along the San Francisco River. The population of the town was 3,311 at the 2010 census. It was a site of the Arizona Copper Mine Strike of 1983....

. It currently comprises one school, the K-8 Laugharn Elementary.

Clifton High School

Up until September 2010, it also operated Clifton High School (colors maroon and gold, mascot the Trojans). The state of Arizona hinted it would petition for its closure in late spring, because it was labeled as a "failing school" and not meeting progress benchmarks in federal law and on the Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards

Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards

Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards is a standardized test administered by the state of Arizona. AIMS is a standards based assessment aligned to the Arizona Academic Content Standards.-Test contents:...

 statewide exam; it followed through at a meeting in late August 2010. The small high school also lost a science and mathematics teacher (one of its three remaining teachers) when he resigned for health reasons – the school district was unable to allow students to travel to Morenci to take the classes at Morenci Junior/Senior High School

Morenci Junior/Senior High School

Morenci Junior/Senior High School is a junior high and high school in Morenci, Arizona. It is operated by the Morenci Unified School District, which also operates Fairbanks Elementary School....

, four miles away in nearby Morenci, Arizona

Morenci, Arizona

Morenci is a census-designated place in Greenlee County, Arizona, United States. The population was 1,879 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Safford Micropolitan Statistical Area...

. Superintendent Evonne Hanna and the Clifton school board allowed students to begin attending another school via state open enrollment

Open enrollment

Annual enrollment is a period of time, usually but not always occurring once per year, when employees of U.S. companies and organizations may make additions, changes or deletions to their elected fringe benefit options...

laws, in most all cases Morenci High.