📍 2550 N 79th Ave, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 85035
Manuel Pena Jr. School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 749 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cartwright Elementary District (4282) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
Manuel Pena Jr. School enrolls 749 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 33.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Black or African American and 3.7% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 590 | 79% |
| Black or African American | 89 | 12% |
| White | 28 | 3.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 21 | 2.8% |
| Two or more races | 12 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
508 of the school's 749 students (68%) 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.
Manuel Pena Jr. School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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-30.
Manuel Pena Jr. School is one of 23 schools in Cartwright Elementary District (4282), based in PHOENIX, Arizona. The district serves 13,436 students district-wide and employs 644 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 749 students, Manuel Pena Jr. School is larger than the district average of about 584 students per school.
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