Safford K-8 School

Safford K-8 School is a close-knit primary school in TUCSON, Arizona, overseen by Tucson Unified District (4403). The school teaches 318 students in grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 29% leaner than the state mean of about 451.

Across the 88 schools in Tucson Unified District (4403) (40,316 students total), Safford K-8 School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Safford K-8 School logs that 82% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 8% Black, 5% White, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pima County) records that the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, 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), Safford K-8 School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: City High School, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Safford K-8 School operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Safford K-8 School's enrollment has fell 50% since 2018, when it stood at 636 (now 318). Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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