Desert Willow Elementary School

Desert Willow Elementary School operates as an expansive elementary school in TUCSON, Arizona, one of the schools within Vail Unified District (4413). Current enrollment sits at 811 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 80% above typical.

Vail Unified District (4413) comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 15,011 students; Desert Willow Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Desert Willow Elementary School reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 37% White, 8% multiracial, 7% Black. By comparison, Pima County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, Pima County reports that median household income runs about $70,315, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Pima County's 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), Desert Willow Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Desert Sky Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Desert Willow Elementary School.

Desert Willow Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Desert Willow Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 814 students in 2018 to 811 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

On this page, the feed for Desert Willow Elementary School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.