R Pete Woodard Jr High School

As an average-sized intermediate school in YUMA, Arizona, R Pete Woodard Jr High School educates 614 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Yuma Elementary District (4499). Compared to the state average of about 494 students per school, that is 24% bigger than typical.

Yuma Elementary District (4499) runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 9,102 students. R Pete Woodard Jr High School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, R Pete Woodard Jr High School shows that 81% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 12% White, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 65% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, R Pete Woodard Jr High School reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.8:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Yuma County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,876 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Yuma County's 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,800 students), R Pete Woodard Jr High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is AmeriSchools Academy - Yuma, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 9%: 672 students in 2018 compared to 614 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 19% to 12% across the same window.

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