📍 29697 N Desert Willow Blvd, San Tan Valley, Pinal County, 85143
Walker Butte K-8 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Tan Valley, Pinal County. The school has 813 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Florence Unified School District (4437) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
Walker Butte K-8 enrolls 813 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 46.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 44% White, 37% Hispanic or Latino and 9.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 358 | 44% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 303 | 37% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 9.5% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 4.9% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 17 | 2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 12 | 1.5% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
470 of the school's 813 students (58%) 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.
Walker Butte K-8 is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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-50.
Walker Butte K-8 is one of 14 schools in Florence Unified School District (4437), based in FLORENCE, Arizona. The district serves 8,731 students district-wide and employs 516 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 813 students, Walker Butte K-8 is larger than the district average of about 624 students per school.
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