AZ Superintendent of Education Thomas C. Horne 2023 | Arizona State Department of Education
AZ Superintendent of Education Thomas C. Horne 2023 | Arizona State Department of Education
Out of the total students welcomed in the 2022-23 school year, 51.2% of them were boys, and 48.8% were girls.
Data also showed that most of the students were Latino, representing 77.6% of the Phoenix Elementary District total enrollment.
Phoenix Elementary District roughly covers schools within Maricopa County and has a main office in Phoenix.
Among the 14 schools in Phoenix Elementary District, Silvestre S. Herrera School recorded the highest enrollment of 517 students in the 2022-23 school year.
A 2023 study from Scholaroo.com ranked Arizona last out of all U.S. states in terms of educational success, giving the state poor marks for school quality, student success, and teacher-to-student ratio.
In 2022 Arizona had roughly one teacher for every 19 students, compared to the national average of one teacher for 16 students. Teachers handling a higher number of students was found to have negative consequences for students’ school performance.
| School | Total Enrollment |
|---|---|
| Mary Mcleod Bethune School | 371 |
| Capitol Elementary School | 466 |
| Paul Dunbar Lawrence School | 124 |
| Thomas A Edison School | 426 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School | 299 |
| Garfield School | 454 |
| Magnet Traditional School | 419 |
| Maie Bartlett Heard School | 422 |
| Silvestre S. Herrera School | 517 |
| Kenilworth Elementary School | 487 |
| Lowell Elementary School | 223 |
| Whittier Elementary School | 363 |
| Augustus H. Shaw Montessori | 453 |
| Phoenix #1 iAcademy | 33 |
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