Shaw Butte School

Shaw Butte School is one of the expansive elementary campuss in PHOENIX, Arizona, overseen by Washington Elementary School District (4260), with 688 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 53% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Across the 33 schools in Washington Elementary School District (4260) (18,816 students total), Shaw Butte School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Shaw Butte School logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder is composed of 11% White, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Native American. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Shaw Butte School shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, census data for Maricopa County shows median household income runs about $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Shaw Butte School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Moon Mountain School, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Shaw Butte School's enrollment has decreased 24% since 2018, when it stood at 909 (now 688). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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