Rio Vista Elementary School

Rio Vista Elementary School is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in TUCSON, Arizona, one of the schools within Amphitheater Unified District (4406), instructing 338 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 451.

Amphitheater Unified District (4406) runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 11,277 students. Rio Vista Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Rio Vista Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 19% White, 9% Black, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, Pima County reports that median household income runs about $70,315, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pima County's 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), Rio Vista Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Amphi Academy Online, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Rio Vista Elementary School.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 24%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 70% to 64% across the same window.

On this page, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.