Mary A Otondo Elementary School

Mary An Otondo Elementary School, a big primary school in YUMA, Arizona, one of the schools within Yuma Elementary District (4499), teaches 893 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Mary An Otondo Elementary School sits 98% above that benchmark.

Across the 19 schools in Yuma Elementary District (4499) (9,102 students total), Mary An Otondo Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mary An Otondo Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 23% White. The wider county runs roughly 65% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, Yuma County reports that median household income runs about $62,876, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Mary An Otondo Elementary School is one of 89 public schools in Yuma County (combined enrollment of about 38,800 students).

Nearest neighbor: Castle Dome Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary An Otondo Elementary School.

Mary An Otondo Elementary School operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 18%: 758 students in 2018 compared to 893 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 59% to 73% across the same window.

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