Little Red Schoolhouse

Little Red Schoolhouse is one of the minimally staffed primary schools in NOGALES, Arizona, part of Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459), with 131 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Little Red Schoolhouse sits 71% leaner than that benchmark.

Little Red Schoolhouse sits inside Santa Cruz Elementary District (4459), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Little Red Schoolhouse records that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 2% White. By comparison, Santa Cruz County as a whole is about 83% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Santa Cruz County indicate median household earnings sit near $55,217, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Santa Cruz County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,432 students), Little Red Schoolhouse is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Challenger Elementary School, around 2.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Little Red Schoolhouse.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Little Red Schoolhouse has edged down 40%, going from 217 students in 2018 to 131 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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