📍 2050 N Wilmot Rd, Tucson, Pima County, 85712
La Paloma Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 689 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Arizona Community Development Corporation (79947) school district. It serves grades K–8 in an urban setting. It operates as a public charter school.
La Paloma Academy enrolls 689 students across grades K–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 23% White and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 414 | 60% |
| White | 161 | 23% |
| Black or African American | 86 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 2.3% |
| Asian | 7 | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
461 of the school's 689 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
La Paloma Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-60.
La Paloma Academy is one of 3 schools in Arizona Community Development Corporation (79947), based in TUCSON, Arizona. The district serves 1,988 students district-wide. With 689 students, La Paloma Academy is close to the district average of about 663 students per school.
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