Sahuaro School

Sahuaro School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in PHOENIX, Arizona, one of the schools within Washington Elementary School District (4260). Current enrollment sits at 560 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Washington Elementary School District (4260) comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 18,816 students; Sahuaro School is among them.

On demographics, Sahuaro School logs that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% White, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Native American. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Sahuaro School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Sahuaro School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Sahuaro School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Moon Valley High School, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sahuaro School has showed little movement, going from 571 students in 2018 to 560 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 32% to 22% over that span.

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