Palm Valley Elementary

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in GOODYEAR, Arizona, Palm Valley Elementary hosts 643 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Litchfield Elementary District (4281). Enrollment runs roughly 43% bigger than the state mean of about 451.

Litchfield Elementary District (4281) comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 10,755 students; Palm Valley Elementary is among them.

Demographically, Palm Valley Elementary lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 33% White, 10% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Palm Valley Elementary reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Palm Valley Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Valor Preparatory Academy, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Palm Valley Elementary.

Palm Valley Elementary operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 22%: 820 students in 2018 compared to 643 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 22.2:1 in 2018 to 20.7:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Palm Valley Elementary typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.