Alice Byrne Elementary School

Located at 811 W 16TH ST, in YUMA, Arizona, Alice Byrne Elementary School is a close-knit elementary school that enrolls 289 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of Yuma Elementary District (4499). That puts it 36% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Yuma Elementary District (4499) comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 9,102 students; Alice Byrne Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Alice Byrne Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 11% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Yuma County as a whole is about 65% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Yuma County indicate median household income runs about $62,876, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Yuma County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,800 students), of which Alice Byrne Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Student Choice High School - Yuma, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Alice Byrne Elementary School has edged down 16%, going from 345 students in 2018 to 289 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 19% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 21.4:1 in 2018 to 19.3:1 today.

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