Cavett Elementary School

As a small elementary campus in TUCSON, Arizona, Cavett Elementary School instructs 227 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Tucson Unified District (4403). Enrollment runs roughly 50% leaner than the state mean of about 451.

Across the 88 schools in Tucson Unified District (4403) (40,316 students total), Cavett Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Cavett Elementary School reports that 85% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 5% Black, 5% White, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pima County shows median household income runs about $70,315, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), Cavett Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Southside Community School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cavett Elementary School.

Cavett Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 25%: 301 students in 2018 compared to 227 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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