T. Dale Hancock Elementary School

T. Dale Hancock Elementary School is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in CHANDLER, Arizona, part of Chandler Unified District #80 (4242), with 667 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so T. Dale Hancock Elementary School sits 48% larger than that benchmark.

Within Chandler Unified District #80 (4242), which oversees 48 schools and 41,421 students, T. Dale Hancock Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, T. Dale Hancock Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 36% White, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, T. Dale Hancock Elementary School lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Maricopa County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), T. Dale Hancock Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Robert and Danell Tarwater Elementary, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 795 students in 2018 compared to 667 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 46% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.

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