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. The school covers grades K-12. The school, Blue School, is nicknamed "the Blue". The previous building was a wooden

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, painted in red and white. In 1984 the school had four students, with one girl. Randy Collier of ''

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'' stated due to difficulties in transportation and from being far from other places, "the social life at Blue primarily is at the school."
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. Lightning ruined the wooden building in 1985, so a new one was built. Previously it was a

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; in that era students attended

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, with some living with relatives in Eagar and some traveling to and from Eagar via

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. In 2021 the enrollment was 10 and the school now covered high school.

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According to the teacher, the students in upper grades assist students in prior grades. Kim Smith of the '' Eastern Arizona Courier'' wrote that Blue School "blend real-life experiences into the curriculum."

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Information from the superintendent of schools
- Greenlee County School districts in Greenlee County, Arizona One-room schoolhouses in Arizona {{Arizona-school-stub

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