Palomino Intermediate School

Set in PHOENIX, Arizona, Palomino Intermediate School is a small elementary campus, run under Paradise Valley Unified District (4241). It enrolls 383 students across grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 42 schools in Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) (26,183 students total), Palomino Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Palomino Intermediate School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (89%). Beyond that, the school lists 5% Black, 3% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, Palomino Intermediate School lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. 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 Maricopa County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Palomino Intermediate School is one.

Palomino Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Palomino Intermediate School.

Palomino Intermediate School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Palomino Intermediate School has fell 29%, going from 539 students in 2018 to 383 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.