Festival Foothills Elementary School

As a tight-knit elementary-level community in Buckeye, Arizona, Festival Foothills Elementary School hosts 262 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Wickenburg Unified District (4236). That puts it 42% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Festival Foothills Elementary School is one of 5 schools operated by Wickenburg Unified District (4236), a district that caters to 1,079 students overall.

On demographics, Festival Foothills Elementary School reports that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, Festival Foothills Elementary School reports 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Festival Foothills Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Nadaburg Online Virtual Academy, roughly 9.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Festival Foothills Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 15%: 227 students in 2018 compared to 262 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 46% across the same window.

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