Sequoya Elementary School

Sequoya Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, operated by Scottsdale Unified District (4240). Current enrollment sits at 575 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Scottsdale Unified District (4240) runs 30 schools in total, collectively educating 20,682 students. Sequoya Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sequoya Elementary School lists that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Maricopa County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Sequoya Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Cocopah Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sequoya Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sequoya Elementary School has increased 15%, going from 498 students in 2018 to 575 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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