John M Andersen Elementary School

Located at 1350 N PENNINGTON DR, in CHANDLER, Arizona, John M Andersen Elementary School is a moderately sized elementary campus that instructs 406 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Chandler Unified District #80 (4242).

Across the 48 schools in Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) (41,421 students total), John M Andersen Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, John M Andersen Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Maricopa County shows median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which John M Andersen Elementary School is one.

John M Andersen Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. John M Andersen Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 29% since 2018, when it stood at 569 (now 406). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for John M Andersen Elementary School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.