Ronald Reagan Fundamental School

Ronald Reagan Fundamental School is one of the middle-of-the-pack elementary schools in YUMA, Arizona, part of Crane Elementary District (4501), with 467 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Crane Elementary District (4501) comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,727 students; Ronald Reagan Fundamental School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ronald Reagan Fundamental School logs that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 9% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Yuma County as a whole is about 65% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Yuma County put median household income runs about $62,876, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yuma County runs 89 public schools (combined enrollment of about 38,800 students), of which Ronald Reagan Fundamental School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Educational Opportunity Center Charter High School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ronald Reagan Fundamental School.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 552 students in 2018 compared to 467 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 81% to 88%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.