Faras Elementary School

Located at 410 W. Fir Avenue, in Pirtleville, Arizona, Faras Elementary School is a rural-scale elementary-level community that educates 129 students (grades K through 5), part of Douglas Unified District (4174). Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 71% leaner than typical.

Within Douglas Unified District (4174), which oversees 9 schools and 3,608 students, Faras Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Faras Elementary School logs that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest comes out to 2% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 35% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.5:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Cochise County indicate the typical household earns roughly $59,742 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Cochise County's 87 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,288 students), Faras Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Center for Academic Success #4 - Douglas 5-8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Faras Elementary School.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Faras Elementary School's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 155 (now 129). The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 21.5:1 today.

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