Wheeler Elementary School

Wheeler Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary campus in TUCSON, Arizona, run under Tucson Unified District (4403). The school hosts 391 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Tucson Unified District (4403) runs 88 schools in total, collectively educating 40,316 students. Wheeler Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Wheeler Elementary School shows that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% White, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Wheeler Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Pima County put the typical household earns roughly $70,315 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Wheeler Elementary School is one of 398 public schools in Pima County (combined enrollment of about 140,692 students).

Palo Verde High Magnet School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wheeler Elementary School has contracted 21%, going from 496 students in 2018 to 391 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 36% to 30% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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