Mary Mcleod Bethune School

As a modestly sized elementary school in PHOENIX, Arizona, Mary Mcleod Bethune School educates 324 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Phoenix Elementary District (4256). Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 451.

Within Phoenix Elementary District (4256), which oversees 12 schools and 3,963 students, Mary Mcleod Bethune School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mary Mcleod Bethune School logs that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Black. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Mary Mcleod Bethune School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Mary Mcleod Bethune School is one.

The closest other public school is Paul Dunbar Lawrence School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Mary Mcleod Bethune School.

Mary Mcleod Bethune School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Mary Mcleod Bethune School has fell 20%, going from 406 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Mary Mcleod Bethune School community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.