Wallace Jr High School

Wallace Jr High School is a cozy middle school in PARKER, Arizona, one of the schools within Parker Unified School District (4510). The school enrolls 299 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 494 students each, so Wallace Jr High School sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.

Parker Unified School District (4510) comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 1,707 students; Wallace Jr High School is among them.

Demographically, Wallace Jr High School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 28% Native American, 13% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.8:1, putting Wallace Jr High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for La Paz County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,478, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Wallace Jr High School is one of 14 public schools in La Paz County (combined enrollment of about 2,203 students).

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

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wallace Jr High School has ticked down 20%, going from 375 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 43% to 52% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.7:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Wallace Jr High School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.