Elvira Elementary School

Set in TUCSON, Arizona, Elvira Elementary School is a mid-tier elementary school, part of Sunnyside Unified District (4407). It serves 642 students across grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 42% above typical.

Sunnyside Unified District (4407) comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 13,979 students; Elvira Elementary School is among them.

On demographics, Elvira Elementary School lists that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Native American. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Elvira Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Pima County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which Elvira Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Challenger Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 652 students in 2018 compared to 642 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.