Tavan Elementary School

Tavan Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary-level community in PHOENIX, Arizona, part of Scottsdale Unified District (4240). Current enrollment sits at 585 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% bigger than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Scottsdale Unified District (4240) comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 20,682 students; Tavan Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Tavan Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Native American. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Tavan Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Arcadia High School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 15%: 688 students in 2018 compared to 585 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 22% to 31% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Tavan Elementary School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.