Gladden Farms Elementary

Gladden Farms Elementary, a roomy elementary campus in MARANA, Arizona, part of Marana Unified District (4404), works with 742 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Gladden Farms Elementary sits 65% above that benchmark.

Across the 19 schools in Marana Unified District (4404) (12,845 students total), Gladden Farms Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Gladden Farms Elementary records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 42% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Pima County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Gladden Farms Elementary is one of 398 public schools in Pima County (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students).

The closest other public school is Marana Middle School, roughly 1.4 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Gladden Farms Elementary has expanded 36%, going from 547 students in 2018 to 742 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

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