📍 9750 N 87th Ave, Peoria, Maricopa County, 85345
Alta Loma School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Peoria, Maricopa County. The school has 729 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Peoria Unified School District (4237) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
Alta Loma School enrolls 729 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 9.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 472 | 65% |
| White | 127 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 70 | 9.6% |
| Two or more races | 32 | 4.4% |
| Asian | 17 | 2.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
502 of the school's 729 students (69%) 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.
Alta Loma School 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-80.
Alta Loma School is one of 44 schools in Peoria Unified School District (4237), based in GLENDALE, Arizona. The district serves 34,436 students district-wide and employs 1,900 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 729 students, Alta Loma School is close to the district average of about 783 students per school.
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