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If you had an hour of school board time for Palm Valley Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
643
Elementary
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 451
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITCHFIELD ELEMENTARY DISTRICT (4281)·NCES 040438001420
Palm Valley Elementary
2801 N 135TH AVE, GOODYEAR, AZ 85395 · (623) 535-6400 · Maricopa County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL643 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 95%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
44.0%
AZ avg 45.4% . -13.0pp since 2017
Math
52.0%
AZ avg 37.8% . -9.0pp since 2017
What this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 13 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Source: AASA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
643
-177 (-22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
20.7:1
was 22.2:1
% White
33%
was 43%
% Hispanic
46%
was 40%
% Black
10%
was 7%
% Asian
4%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
Maricopa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,559,748
Census ACS
Median income
$89,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,352
725,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Litchfield Elementary District (4281)
- Belen Soto Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,123 students
- Verrado Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,014 students
- Western Sky Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
- Verrado Elementary SchoolElementary · 847 students
- Wigwam Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 782 students
- Verrado Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
Other schools in GOODYEAR
- Millennium High SchoolHigh · 2,295 students
- Desert Edge High SchoolHigh · 2,106 students
- Estrella Foothills High SchoolHigh · 1,592 students
- Belen Soto Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,123 students
- Copper TrailsElementary · 1,020 students
- Western Sky Middle SchoolMiddle · 952 students
Nearby schools
- Valor Preparatory Academy0.3 mi · 230
- West-MEC Estrella Mountain Community College0.4 mi · 1
- Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella0.7 mi · 335
- Rancho Santa Fe Elementary School1.0 mi · 482
- Corte Sierra Elementary School1.1 mi · 564
- Litchfield Elementary School1.2 mi · 653
Frequently asked questions
About Palm Valley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Palm Valley Elementary?
Palm Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 643 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Palm Valley Elementary serve?
Palm Valley Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Palm Valley Elementary?
Approximately 20.7:1 students per teacher at Palm Valley Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Palm Valley Elementary?
At Palm Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 33% White, 46% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Palm Valley Elementary public or private?
Palm Valley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Litchfield Elementary District (4281).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.