William T Machan Elementary School

William T Machan Elementary School, a medium-sized K-5 school in PHOENIX, Arizona, overseen by Creighton Elementary District (4263), enrolls 540 students, covering grades pre-K through 8.

William T Machan Elementary School is one of 10 schools operated by Creighton Elementary District (4263), a district that serves 4,835 students overall.

In terms of who attends, William T Machan Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school records 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. William T Machan Elementary School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Excelencia School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around William T Machan Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at William T Machan Elementary School has ticked up 13%, going from 480 students in 2018 to 540 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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