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==Education==
[[File:Havasupai Elementary School.jpg|thumb|[[Havasupai Elementary School]]]]
There is one K–8 school in Supai, [[Havasupai Elementary School]], run by the [[Bureau of Indian Education]]. Additionally, by 1970 there was a [[Head Start (program)|Head Start]] program in Supai.<ref>{{cite news|title=Camera Use Helps Indian Children Learn English|newspaper=[[The Fresno Bee]]|place=[[Fresno, California]]|date=October 11, 1970|page=B2}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121515114/ Clipping] from [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>

Supai lacks a high school.<ref>{{cite web|last=Fonseca|first=Felicia|url=https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/arizona-tribe-ruling-could-help-native-students-across-u-s/|title=Arizona tribe: Ruling could help Native students across U.S.|agency=[[Associated Press]]|newspaper=[[Durango, Colorado]]|date=April 5, 2018|accessdate=March 21, 2023}}</ref> In 1988, Havasupai ES was K-8, and residents went to boarding schools after the 8th grade. The most common boarding school, that year, was [[Sherman Indian High School]] in [[Riverside, California]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Conner|first=Pat|title=The livin' is pleasurably slow in secluded Supai|newspaper=[[The Arizona Daily Star]]|date=May 29, 1988|page=D6}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121094255/ Clipping] ([https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121094410/ Detail view 1] and [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121094448/ Detail view 2]) at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> In 1967, most older students (past the second grade, the upper grade at Havasupai ES at the time) attended school in [[Fort Apache, Arizona|Fort Apache]] or [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Dedera|first=Don|title=Slow Starvation Diet Order of Day For the So-Called Paradise-Supai|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|place=[[Phoenix, Arizona]]|date=October 2, 1967|page=21<!--Document says page 9 but the paper itself says 21-->}} = [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121367306/ Clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> In that time period some students went to boarding schools in California.<ref name=12years/> Some other students stayed with host families and attended school district-operated public schools.<ref>{{cite news|last=Eiler|first=Terry|title=Head Start in the Grand Canyon|newspaper=[[New York Daily News|New York Sunday News]]|place=[[New York City]]|date=June 14, 1970|page=6}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/121393336/ Clipping] at [[Newspapers.com]].</ref> Prior to its closure, the [[Phoenix Indian School]] was the closest Native American boarding high school to Supai.<ref>{{cite news|title=Indians protest land swap, closing of Phoenix School|newspaper=[[The Arizona Republic]]|date=June 12, 1988|page=B8}} - [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/105799728/ Clipping] from [[Newspapers.com]].</ref>

According to Coconino County's parcel viewer, Supai is in the "Unorganized School District #00".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://coconinocounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=868170827e4443d2be37eb60562446ae|title=Coconino County Parcel Viewer|publisher=Coconino County|accessdate=July 11, 2021}} - [https://utility.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/Utilities/PrintingTools_GPServer/x_____xY0jli5MmsEg5f7WaZjPkFg..x_____x_ags_0f27f692-7750-11ec-badf-22000a63ebfa.pdf Permalink to map with school district boundary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220117044659/https://utility.arcgisonline.com/arcgis/rest/directories/arcgisoutput/Utilities/PrintingTools_GPServer/x_____xY0jli5MmsEg5f7WaZjPkFg..x_____x_ags_0f27f692-7750-11ec-badf-22000a63ebfa.pdf |date=January 17, 2022 }}</ref> According to Arizona law, an unorganized school district is one that does not have a high school.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pvschools.net/cms/lib/AZ01902189/Centricity/Domain/45/article-15-student-eligibility-rules.pdf|title=Article 15 Student Eligibility Rules|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711193059/https://www.pvschools.net/schools/sites/default/files/Horizon%20High/Documents/article-15-student-eligibility-rules.pdf|archive-date=2021-07-11|publisher=[[Paradise Valley Unified School District]]|page=38 (PDF p. 2/14)|accessdate=July 11, 2021}}</ref> The [[2010 U.S. census]] school district map for Coconino County shows Supai as in "School District Not Defined".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st04_az/c04005_coconino/DC10SD_C04005_001.pdf|title=SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Coconino County, AZ|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=March 12, 2024}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/sch_dist/st04_az/c04005_coconino/DC10SD_C04005_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> Areas not in school districts are under the jurisdiction of the respective County Superintendent of Schools.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/govs/cog/gc0212az.pdf|title=Arizona|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-11-01|page=1}}</ref>