Arizona Desert Elementary School

Set in San Luis, Arizona, Arizona Desert Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school, one of the schools within Gadsden Elementary District (4505). It instructs 662 students across grades K through 6. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Arizona Desert Elementary School is one of 9 schools operated by Gadsden Elementary District (4505), a district that educates 5,196 students overall.

On demographics, Arizona Desert Elementary School logs that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Arizona Desert Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Yuma County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,876 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Yuma County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,800 students), of which Arizona Desert Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: San Luis Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Arizona Desert Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 687 (now 662). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 32.7:1 in 2018 to 26.5:1 today.

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