Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary

Set in CHANDLER, Arizona, Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary is an expansive elementary school, one of the schools within Chandler Unified District #80 (4242). It serves 702 students across grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary sits 56% above that benchmark.

Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) comprises 48 schools with combined enrollment of 41,421 students; Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary is among them.

In terms of who attends, Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Other groups include 9% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

Around the school, census data for Maricopa County shows median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Knox Gifted Academy, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary has fell 3%, going from 727 students in 2018 to 702 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 87% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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