Drachman Primary Magnet School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 5% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 17 points.
AASA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| 2018-19 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
| 2017-18 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
Where Drachman Primary Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arizona | In Pima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #792 of 1,072 | #106 of 154 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #766 of 1,072 | #100 of 154 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #446 of 930 | #61 of 128 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 335 | #829 of 1,223 | #100 of 165 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #138 of 991 | #46 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #508 of 1,007 | #80 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.1% | #630 of 721 | #87 of 102 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 335 | 25.4 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 308 | 26.4 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 27.2 | 12.1:1 | 71% (233) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 22.6 | 15.6:1 | 72% (253) |
About Drachman Primary Magnet School
Drachman Primary Magnet School operates as a small elementary school in TUCSON, Arizona. Students in pre-K through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 335 students. Elementary schools in Arizona have about 451 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
Tucson Unified District (4403) has 88 schools and 40,316 students, and Drachman Primary Magnet School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students are 64% of those enrolled at Drachman Primary Magnet School. Next come 22% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, and 4% Native American. That compares with about 36% Hispanic among all Pima County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 54%.
A staff of 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 13.2:1. Across elementary schools in Arizona, the average ratio is 17.0:1.
Looking at the county, Pima County, the median household earns about $70,315 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Pima County has 398 public schools with about 140,692 students, including Drachman Primary Magnet School.
The closest school to Drachman Primary Magnet School is Ochoa Elementary School, located about 0.4 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school shrank from 353 students in 2017-18 to 335 in 2024-25. The Hispanic share was 69% in 2017-18 and 64% in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.6:1 to 13.2:1.
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