Cartwright School

Cartwright School is a medium-sized elementary campus in PHOENIX, Arizona, one of the schools within Cartwright Elementary District (4282). The school instructs 670 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Cartwright School sits 49% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 22 schools in Cartwright Elementary District (4282) (13,436 students total), Cartwright School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cartwright School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%); the rest looks like 4% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Cartwright School lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.9:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Cartwright School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Byron A. Barry School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cartwright School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Cartwright School's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 751 (now 670).

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.