Combs Traditional Academy

As a modestly sized elementary campus in San Tan Valley, Arizona, Combs Traditional Academy educates 211 students from grades K through 6, operated by J O Combs Unified School District (4445). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Combs Traditional Academy sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in J O Combs Unified School District (4445) (3,934 students total), Combs Traditional Academy accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Combs Traditional Academy logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 44% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the resource side, On paper, Combs Traditional Academy has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Combs Traditional Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pinal County indicate median household income runs about $80,266, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Pinal County's 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,837 students), Combs Traditional Academy is one campus in the mix.

Combs Online School for Success is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Combs Traditional Academy.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Combs Traditional Academy has fell 21%, going from 266 students in 2018 to 211 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 31% to 44% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 20.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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