Wood School

Wood School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in TEMPE, Arizona, run under Tempe School District (4258), enrolls 470 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within Tempe School District (4258), which oversees 22 schools and 10,045 students, Wood School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Wood School records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 23% Black, 9% White, 7% Native American, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wood School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Getz School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wood School.

Wood School operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 5%: 495 students in 2018 compared to 470 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share increased from 15% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.