Soleng Tom Elementary School

Soleng Tom Elementary School is an elementary-level community of small scale in Tucson, Arizona, operated by Tucson Unified District (4403), works with 306 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 32% smaller than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Soleng Tom Elementary School is one of 88 schools operated by Tucson Unified District (4403), a district that works with 40,316 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Soleng Tom Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 40% White, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Pima County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Soleng Tom Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pima County) shows that median household income runs about $70,315, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Soleng Tom Elementary School is one of 398 public schools in Pima County (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students).

Nearest neighbor: Academy of Tucson High School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 26%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 306 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 35% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Soleng Tom Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.