Buckeye Elementary School

Buckeye Elementary School is an elementary school of sprawling scale in BUCKEYE, Arizona, part of Buckeye Elementary District (4269), serveing 1,150 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 155% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Across the 8 schools in Buckeye Elementary District (4269) (6,221 students total), Buckeye Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Buckeye Elementary School logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 16% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Buckeye Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 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 Buckeye Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Buckeye Union High School, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Buckeye Elementary School.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 44%: 801 students in 2018 compared to 1,150 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.