📍 1111 W Dobbins Rd, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 85041
Southwest Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 534 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Roosevelt Elementary District (4279) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
Southwest Elementary School enrolls 534 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% White and 6.4% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 431 | 81% |
| White | 44 | 8.2% |
| Black or African American | 34 | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 11 | 2.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 1.9% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
453 of the school's 534 students (85%) 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.
Southwest Elementary 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.
Southwest Elementary School is one of 20 schools in Roosevelt Elementary District (4279), based in PHOENIX, Arizona. The district serves 7,057 students district-wide and employs 471 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 534 students, Southwest Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 353 students per school.
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