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If you had an hour of school board time for C I Waggoner School, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 451
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KYRENE ELEMENTARY DISTRICT (4267)·NCES 040423000336
C I Waggoner School
1050 E CARVER RD, TEMPE, AZ 85284 · (480) 541-5600 · Maricopa County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Arizona public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arizona public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 95%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 13 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
52.0%
AZ avg 45.4% . -6.0pp since 2017
Math
53.0%
AZ avg 37.8% . -17.0pp since 2017
What this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 17 points.
AASA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 2018-19 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
| 2017-18 | 58.0% | 70.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AASA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where C I Waggoner School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arizona | In Maricopa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #213 of 1,072 ▲ 59 | #162 of 646 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #273 of 1,072 ▲ 19 | #214 of 646 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #411 of 930 | #255 of 577 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #663 of 1,223 | #485 of 692 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #299 of 991 | #167 of 615 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #84 of 1,007 | #61 of 627 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.2% | #113 of 721 | #72 of 456 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
417
-49 (-11%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 462
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 17.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 417 | 27.8 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 28.3 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 30.1 | 14.7:1 | 23% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 466 | 27 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 615 | 36.5 | 16.9:1 | 26% (159) |
| 2015-16 | 638 | 33 | 19.3:1 | 24% (151) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 38 | 18.8:1 | 14% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 661 | 36 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 462 | 24 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for C I Waggoner School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (615 to 417); teachers down 24% (36.5 to 27.8).
About C I Waggoner School
In TEMPE, Arizona, C I Waggoner School is a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 417 students at the school, in pre-K through 5.
C I Waggoner School is among 25 schools run by Kyrene Elementary District (4267), which serves 13,313 students.
C I Waggoner School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 43%. It is also 35% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. Maricopa County's residents are about 59% White, 16 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, C I Waggoner School comes in at 67%.
The teaching staff at C I Waggoner School is 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.0:1. That ratio is under the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arizona.
Measured against Arizona public elementary schools, C I Waggoner School receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Maricopa County has about 4,559,748 residents, and median household income is about $89,300, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 1,352 public schools in Maricopa County, with a combined enrollment of about 725,139.
The shortest distance from C I Waggoner School to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Kyrene Middle School. The five-mile area around C I Waggoner School holds at least 8 other public schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
The student count in 2024-25 was 417, 11% below the 466 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 17.3 in 2020-21 to 15.0 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Maricopa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,559,748
Census ACS
Median income
$89,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,352
725,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kyrene Elementary District (4267)
- Kyrene Altadena Middle SchoolMiddle · 857 students
- Kyrene Aprende Middle SchoolMiddle · 834 students
- Kyrene Akimel A-Al Middle SchoolMiddle · 792 students
- Kyrene Middle SchoolMiddle · 759 students
- Kyrene del Cielo SchoolElementary · 655 students
- Kyrene de la Mirada SchoolElementary · 583 students
Other schools in TEMPE
- ASU Preparatory Academy DigitalCombined · 3,850 students
- Corona Del Sol High SchoolHigh · 2,600 students
- Mcclintock High SchoolHigh · 1,781 students
- Student Choice High SchoolHigh · 1,540 students
- Tempe High SchoolHigh · 1,431 students
- Marcos De Niza High SchoolHigh · 1,408 students
Nearby schools
- Kyrene Middle School0.1 mi · 759
- Center for Educational Excellence0.7 mi · 332
- Kyrene de los Ninos School0.8 mi · 391
- Kyrene del Norte School1.1 mi · 514
- Kyrene del Cielo School1.1 mi · 655
- Corona Del Sol High School1.2 mi · 2,600
Frequently asked questions
About C I Waggoner SchoolHow many students attend C I Waggoner School?
C I Waggoner School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does C I Waggoner School serve?
C I Waggoner School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at C I Waggoner School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at C I Waggoner School is approximately 15.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at C I Waggoner School?
Student demographics at C I Waggoner School are roughly 43% White, 35% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is C I Waggoner School in?
C I Waggoner School is part of Kyrene Elementary District (4267).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.