Picture Rocks Elementary

Picture Rocks Elementary operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in TUCSON, Arizona, part of Marana Unified District (4404). Current enrollment sits at 460 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Picture Rocks Elementary is one of 19 schools operated by Marana Unified District (4404), a district that educates 12,845 students overall.

On demographics, Picture Rocks Elementary logs that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school records 35% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Pima County put median household earnings sit near $70,315, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Pima County's 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), Picture Rocks Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Marana High School, around 3.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Picture Rocks Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Picture Rocks Elementary's enrollment has contracted 26% since 2018, when it stood at 620 (now 460). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 28% to 35%.

On this page, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.