Bernard Black Elementary School

Bernard Black Elementary School, a mid-tier elementary school in PHOENIX, Arizona, operated by Roosevelt Elementary District (4279), enrolls 414 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

Roosevelt Elementary District (4279) comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 7,057 students; Bernard Black Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Bernard Black Elementary School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 55%; the rest breaks down as 32% Black, 4% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Bernard Black Elementary School reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Bernard Black Elementary School is one.

Ed & Verma Pastor Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Bernard Black Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 40% since 2018, when it stood at 689 (now 414). Class-load math has tightened: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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