Ocotillo Early Learning Elementary School

Ocotillo Early Learning Elementary School is an intimate K-5 school in TUCSON, Arizona, one of the schools within Sunnyside Unified District (4407). The school works with 284 students in grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Sunnyside Unified District (4407) runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 13,979 students. Ocotillo Early Learning Elementary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Ocotillo Early Learning Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). Other groups include 5% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Pima County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Ocotillo Early Learning Elementary School lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Pima County) records that median household income runs about $70,315, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pima County runs 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), of which Ocotillo Early Learning Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Sierra K-8 School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Ocotillo Early Learning Elementary School operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Ocotillo Early Learning Elementary School's enrollment has declined 31% since 2018, when it stood at 412 (now 284). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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