Cecil Shamley School

Cecil Shamley School is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in TEMPE, Arizona, operated by Tempe School District (4258), with 411 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Tempe School District (4258) runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 10,045 students. Cecil Shamley School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Cecil Shamley School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%; the rest is composed of 12% White, 11% Black, 7% Native American, 5% Asian. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Cecil Shamley School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs that median household income runs about $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Cecil Shamley School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Student Choice High 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 Cecil Shamley School.

Cecil Shamley School operates from a metropolitan location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Cecil Shamley School's enrollment has edged down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 566 (now 411). Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 71% to 60%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Cecil Shamley School community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.