Ed & Verma Pastor Elementary School

Ed & Verma Pastor Elementary School is a mid-tier primary school in PHOENIX, Arizona, part of Roosevelt Elementary District (4279). The school educates 485 students in grades pre-K through 8.

Roosevelt Elementary District (4279) comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 7,057 students; Ed & Verma Pastor Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Ed & Verma Pastor Elementary School records that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 18% Black, 2% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) reports 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. Ed & Verma Pastor Elementary School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ignacio Conchos School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ed & Verma Pastor Elementary School.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 551 students in 2018 compared to 485 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 87% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.9:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.