Palomino Primary School

Palomino Primary School is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in PHOENIX, Arizona, run under Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), works with 590 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 451 students per school, that is 31% larger than typical.

Within Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), which oversees 42 schools and 26,183 students, Palomino Primary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Palomino Primary School lists that nearly all students (88%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 5% White, 4% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Palomino Primary School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Palomino Primary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs that median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Palomino Primary School is one.

Palomino Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 663 students in 2018 compared to 590 in 2025.

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