Academy of Tucson Elementary School

Academy of Tucson Elementary School is one of the micro-enrollment elementary campuss in TUCSON, Arizona, overseen by Academy of Tucson Inc. (78897), with 140 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 69% leaner than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Academy of Tucson Inc. (78897) runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 435 students. Academy of Tucson Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Academy of Tucson Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 38% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, Academy of Tucson Elementary School shows 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pima County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which Academy of Tucson Elementary School is one.

Tucson Country Day School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a city-core site. Academy of Tucson Elementary School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Five-year trend. Academy of Tucson Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 50% since 2018, when it stood at 280 (now 140). The White share of enrollment fell from 61% to 44% over that span.

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