Ward Traditional Academy

Ward Traditional Academy is an elementary school with a street address in TEMPE, Arizona. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 404 students.

Ward Traditional Academy is part of a district of 22 schools: Tempe School District (4258), with 10,045 students.

Of every 100 students at Ward Traditional Academy, about 45 are White, the largest group. It is also 29% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 7% Black. For comparison, the population of Maricopa County is roughly 59% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.

Ward Traditional Academy reports a ratio of 15.1 students per teacher, from 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arizona is 1.8 students per teacher.

Among Arizona public elementary schools, Ward Traditional Academy outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.

In Maricopa County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $89,300 a year, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Ward Traditional Academy, Maricopa County has 1,352 public schools.

Valley Preparatory Academy is about 0.7 miles from Ward Traditional Academy, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 401 to 404, a small change. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.7:1 to 15.1:1 over the same years.

Ward Traditional Academy has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.