Salt River Elementary School

Set in Scottsdale, Arizona, Salt River Elementary School is a tight-knit elementary-level community, run under Salt River Elementary School. It caters to 265 students across grades K through 6. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Salt River Elementary School sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

Salt River Elementary School sits inside Salt River Elementary School, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Salt River Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly Native American (100%).

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Salt River Elementary School is one.

Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Salt River Elementary School has edged down 34%, going from 403 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.