Tomahawk School

Located at 7820 W TURNEY AVE, in PHOENIX, Arizona, Tomahawk School is a high-enrollment elementary school that teaches 718 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under Cartwright Elementary District (4282). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Tomahawk School sits 59% bigger than that benchmark.

Cartwright Elementary District (4282) comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 13,436 students; Tomahawk School is among them.

On demographics, Tomahawk School shows that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 5% Black, 3% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Tomahawk School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, census data for Maricopa County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Tomahawk School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: ACCLAIM Academy, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Tomahawk School.

Tomahawk School operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Tomahawk School has edged down 9%, going from 789 students in 2018 to 718 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 20.4:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

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