First Avenue Elementary School

First Avenue Elementary School is a compact elementary campus in SAN MANUEL, Arizona, one of the schools within Mammoth-San Manuel Unified District (4439). The school works with 219 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 51% leaner than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Across the 3 schools in Mammoth-San Manuel Unified District (4439) (473 students total), First Avenue Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, First Avenue Elementary School records that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 2% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, The school employs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pinal County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,266, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Pinal County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,837 students), of which First Avenue Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: San Manuel Jr. High School, around 0.5 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

First Avenue Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at First Avenue Elementary School has edged down 29%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 219 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for First Avenue Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.