Howell Peter Elementary

Howell Peter Elementary is one of the low-enrollment K-5 schools in TUCSON, Arizona, operated by Tucson Unified District (4403), with 237 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% smaller than the state mean of about 451.

Howell Peter Elementary is one of 88 schools operated by Tucson Unified District (4403), a district that caters to 40,316 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Howell Peter Elementary shows that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% White, 12% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Native American. By comparison, Pima County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Howell Peter Elementary logs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Pima County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which Howell Peter Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is BASIS Tucson Primary, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Howell Peter Elementary has edged down 22%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 237 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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