Southwest Jr. High School

Located at 963 N.8th Avenue, in San Luis, Arizona, Southwest Jr. High School is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school that works with 652 students (grades 7 through 8), one of the schools within Gadsden Elementary District (4505). Enrollment runs roughly 32% larger than the state mean of about 494.

Gadsden Elementary District (4505) runs 9 schools in total, collectively educating 5,196 students. Southwest Jr. High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Southwest Jr. High School reports that nearly all students (100%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Yuma County as a whole is about 65% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Southwest Jr. High School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.8:1, putting Southwest Jr. High School higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for Yuma County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,876 per year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Southwest Jr. High School is one of 89 public schools in Yuma County (combined enrollment of about 38,800 students).

Harvest Preparatory Academy San Luis AZ is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Southwest Jr. High School.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Southwest Jr. High School has decreased 20%, going from 810 students in 2018 to 652 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 54.0:1 in 2018 to 22.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.