Painted Sky Elementary School

Set in ORO VALLEY, Arizona, Painted Sky Elementary School is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, operated by Amphitheater Unified District (4406). It hosts 416 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Amphitheater Unified District (4406) runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 11,277 students. Painted Sky Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Painted Sky Elementary School shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, On paper, Painted Sky Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Pima County shows median household earnings sit near $70,315, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Painted Sky Elementary School is one of 398 public schools in Pima County (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students).

The closest other public school is The Innovation Academy, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Painted Sky Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Painted Sky Elementary School has climbed 5%, going from 397 students in 2018 to 416 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 69% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Painted Sky Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.