Robert and Danell Tarwater Elementary

Robert and Danell Tarwater Elementary is a K-5 school of roomy scale in CHANDLER, Arizona, run under Chandler Unified District #80 (4242), instructing 694 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 54% bigger than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Robert and Danell Tarwater Elementary is one of 48 schools operated by Chandler Unified District #80 (4242), a district that teaches 41,421 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Robert and Danell Tarwater Elementary records that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 23% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 11% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, census data for Maricopa County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Robert and Danell Tarwater Elementary is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

The closest other public school is Bogle Junior High School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. Robert and Danell Tarwater Elementary's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 868 (now 694). The White share of enrollment contracted from 54% to 46% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 today.

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