Acacia Elementary School

Set in PHOENIX, Arizona, Acacia Elementary School is a well-populated elementary-level community, one of the schools within Washington Elementary School District (4260). It serves 806 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 79% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Within Washington Elementary School District (4260), which oversees 33 schools and 18,816 students, Acacia Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Acacia Elementary School logs that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 31% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, Acacia Elementary School records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Acacia Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Acacia Elementary School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Desert Foothills Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 7%: 868 students in 2018 compared to 806 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

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