Lowell Elementary School

Lowell Elementary School operates as a close-knit elementary campus in PHOENIX, Arizona, operated by Phoenix Elementary District (4256). Current enrollment sits at 282 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

Phoenix Elementary District (4256) runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 3,963 students. Lowell Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Lowell Elementary School records that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 12% Black, 2% Native American. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, On paper, Lowell Elementary School has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Maricopa County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Lowell Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Vista College Preparatory - Hadley, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 47%: 537 students in 2018 compared to 282 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 91% to 83%. Class-load math has tightened: from 18.8:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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