Palm Lane

Palm Lane is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in PHOENIX, Arizona, overseen by Cartwright Elementary District (4282), serveing 602 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Palm Lane sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

Cartwright Elementary District (4282) comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 13,436 students; Palm Lane is among them.

In terms of who attends, Palm Lane shows that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 3% White, 3% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Palm Lane is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Imagine Desert West Elementary, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 29%: 843 students in 2018 compared to 602 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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