Justine Spitalny STE3AM School

As a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in PHOENIX, Arizona, Justine Spitalny STE3AM School educates 667 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Cartwright Elementary District (4282). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Justine Spitalny STE3AM School sits 48% above that benchmark.

Cartwright Elementary District (4282) runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 13,436 students. Justine Spitalny STE3AM School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Justine Spitalny STE3AM School records that nearly all students (91%) are Hispanic. The remainder looks like 3% Black, 3% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Justine Spitalny STE3AM School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Glenn L. Downs Social Sciences Academy, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Justine Spitalny STE3AM School has increased 17%, going from 571 students in 2018 to 667 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 today.

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