Copper King Elementary

Copper King Elementary is a substantial elementary-level community in PHOENIX, Arizona, run under Pendergast Elementary District (4283). The school serves 738 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Copper King Elementary sits 64% bigger than that benchmark.

Copper King Elementary is one of 12 schools operated by Pendergast Elementary District (4283), a district that works with 8,098 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Copper King Elementary logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 11% Black, 8% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.0:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) shows that median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Copper King Elementary is one.

Villa De Paz Elementary 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 Copper King Elementary.

Copper King Elementary operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 19%: 914 students in 2018 compared to 738 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 70% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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