Wallace Elementary School

Wallace Elementary School is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in PARKER, Arizona, operated by Parker Unified School District (4510), serveing 323 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 28% leaner than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Within Parker Unified School District (4510), which oversees 6 schools and 1,707 students, Wallace Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Wallace Elementary School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 27% Native American, 15% White, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Wallace Elementary School shows 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for La Paz County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,478 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Wallace Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in La Paz County (combined enrollment of about 2,203 students).

Wallace Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Wallace Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Wallace Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 17% since 2018, when it stood at 388 (now 323). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 22% to 15%. Class-load math has fell: from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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