Khalsa School

Khalsa School is one of the cozy K-5 schools in TUCSON, Arizona, part of Khalsa Family Services (79420), with 238 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Khalsa School sits 47% below that benchmark.

Khalsa School is a school of Khalsa Family Services (79420), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Khalsa School reports that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 26% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Khalsa School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Pima County put median household earnings sit near $70,315, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which Khalsa School is one.

The closest other public school is Davidson Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, Khalsa School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Khalsa School has edged down 14%, going from 278 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 19% to 26%.

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