Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School

Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School is one of the compact K-5 schools in TUCSON, Arizona, one of the schools within Tucson Unified District (4403), with 305 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Tucson Unified District (4403) runs 88 schools in total, collectively educating 40,316 students. Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% White, 4% Black, 4% Native American, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Pima County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Pima County's 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Drachman Primary Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Carrillo Intermediate Magnet School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 300 students in 2018 compared to 305 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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