Carminati School

Carminati School is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in TEMPE, Arizona, part of Tempe School District (4258), hosting 274 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Carminati School sits 39% below that benchmark.

Carminati School is one of 22 schools operated by Tempe School District (4258), a district that works with 10,045 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Carminati School records that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 9% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Native American. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Carminati School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, 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 Carminati School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Tempe Preparatory Academy, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Carminati School operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Carminati School has shrank 23%, going from 357 students in 2018 to 274 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 11% to 26% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.