Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy

Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy is a 6-8 campus of small scale in PHOENIX, Arizona, part of Cartwright Elementary District (4282), instructing 205 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 494 students each, so Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy sits 59% below that benchmark.

Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy is one of 22 schools operated by Cartwright Elementary District (4282), a district that works with 13,436 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy records that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic; the rest is composed of 5% White, 4% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.8:1, putting Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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 Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy is one.

Bret R. Tarver Leadership Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted Academy has ticked down 84%, going from 1,262 students in 2018 to 205 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 22.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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