Drachman Primary Magnet School

Drachman Primary Magnet School is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in TUCSON, Arizona, one of the schools within Tucson Unified District (4403), instructing 335 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 26% leaner than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Within Tucson Unified District (4403), which oversees 88 schools and 40,316 students, Drachman Primary Magnet School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Drachman Primary Magnet School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 22% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at school resources, Drachman Primary Magnet School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Drachman Primary Magnet School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Pima County reports that median household income runs about $70,315, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Pima County's 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), Drachman Primary Magnet School is one campus in the mix.

Ochoa Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 5%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 335 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 69% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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