Michael Anderson

Located at 45 S 3RD AVE, in AVONDALE, Arizona, Michael Anderson is a sprawling K-5 school that teaches 834 students (grades pre-K through 8), part of Avondale Elementary District (4272). That puts it 85% bigger than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Avondale Elementary District (4272) runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 6,000 students. Michael Anderson is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Michael Anderson logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Beyond that, the school records 8% Black, 4% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Michael Anderson is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Estrella High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Michael Anderson.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Michael Anderson's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 852 (now 834). Class-load math has grew: from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 in 2025.

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