Valencia Newcomer School

Located at 3802 W Maryland Ave, in Phoenix, Arizona, Valencia Newcomer School is a rural-scale elementary campus that educates 138 students (grades pre-K through 8), operated by Alhambra Elementary District (4280). That puts it 69% leaner than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Alhambra Elementary District (4280) runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 9,742 students. Valencia Newcomer School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Valencia Newcomer School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 14% Asian, 14% Black, 8% White. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Valencia Newcomer School records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Valencia Newcomer School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Global Academy of Phoenix, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

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