Santa Clara Elementary School

Set in TUCSON, Arizona, Santa Clara Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary-level community, part of Sunnyside Unified District (4407). It educates 422 students across grades K through 6.

Within Sunnyside Unified District (4407), which oversees 21 schools and 13,979 students, Santa Clara Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Santa Clara Elementary School records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment; the rest reads as 18% Native American, 4% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Pima County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Santa Clara Elementary School reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Pima County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,315, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Pima County's 398 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students), Santa Clara Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Math and Science Success Academy, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Santa Clara Elementary School.

Santa Clara Elementary School operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Santa Clara Elementary School has shrank 25%, going from 566 students in 2018 to 422 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 78% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.