Carden of Tucson

Carden of Tucson operates as a rural-scale K-5 school in TUCSON, Arizona, run under Carden of Tucson Inc. (78858). Current enrollment sits at 57 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 87% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Carden of Tucson sits inside Carden of Tucson Inc. (78858), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, Carden of Tucson reports that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pima County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pima County's 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), Carden of Tucson is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Laguna Elementary School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carden of Tucson.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Carden of Tucson is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carden of Tucson has declined 39%, going from 93 students in 2018 to 57 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 33% to 49%.

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