C J Jorgensen School

C J Jorgensen School, a small elementary school in PHOENIX, Arizona, operated by Roosevelt Elementary District (4279), teaches 242 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so C J Jorgensen School sits 46% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Roosevelt Elementary District (4279), which oversees 19 schools and 7,057 students, C J Jorgensen School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, C J Jorgensen School lists that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. C J Jorgensen School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

The closest other public school is BASIS Phoenix South, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

C J Jorgensen School operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at C J Jorgensen School has decreased 52%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 242 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.

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