Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary

Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary is a sizable elementary school in Queen Creek, Arizona, operated by Queen Creek Unified District (4245). The school instructs 908 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 101% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Within Queen Creek Unified District (4245), which oversees 15 schools and 15,065 students, Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary lists that White students make up the majority at 71%; the rest is composed of 19% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 22.4:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) reports that median household income runs about $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary is one.

Benjamin Franklin Charter School - Crismon is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Katherine Mecham Barney Elementary.

The school occupies a countryside site.

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