Wenden Elementary School

As an one-room-style K-5 school in Wenden, Arizona, Wenden Elementary School instructs 68 students from grades pre-K through 8, overseen by Wenden Elementary District (4512). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Wenden Elementary School sits 85% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Wenden Elementary School answers to Wenden Elementary District (4512), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Wenden Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment; the rest looks like 22% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, Wenden Elementary School reports 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for La Paz County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,478 per year, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, La Paz County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,203 students), of which Wenden Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Salome High School, around 5.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 26%: 92 students in 2018 compared to 68 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 95% to 72%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 in 2025.

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