Basha Elementary

Basha Elementary is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in CHANDLER, Arizona, operated by Chandler Unified District #80 (4242). The school caters to 581 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Basha Elementary sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 48 schools in Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) (41,421 students total), Basha Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Basha Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 31% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, 6% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Basha Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Anna Marie Jacobson Elementary School, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Basha Elementary operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 687 students in 2018 compared to 581 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 41% across the same window.

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