Arizona Desert Elementary School

Arizona Desert Elementary School operates as a roomy primary school in TOLLESON, Arizona, operated by Tolleson Elementary District (4264). Current enrollment sits at 843 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 87% above typical.

Tolleson Elementary District (4264) comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,930 students; Arizona Desert Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Arizona Desert Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Beyond that, the school reports 10% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Arizona Desert Elementary School records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.5:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Arizona Desert Elementary School is one.

Porfirio H. Gonzales Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arizona Desert Elementary School.

Arizona Desert Elementary School operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arizona Desert Elementary School has climbed 46%, going from 576 students in 2018 to 843 in 2025.

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