📍 100 e Elvira Rd, Tucson, Pima County, 85756
Challenger Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 654 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sunnyside Unified District (4407) school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
Challenger Middle School enrolls 654 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 6.3% American Indian or Alaska Native and 3.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 576 | 88% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 41 | 6.3% |
| White | 20 | 3.1% |
| Black or African American | 11 | 1.7% |
| Two or more races | 6 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
535 of the school's 654 students (82%) 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.
Challenger Middle 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-70.
Challenger Middle School is one of 22 schools in Sunnyside Unified District (4407), based in TUCSON, Arizona. The district serves 13,979 students district-wide and employs 741 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 654 students, Challenger Middle School is close to the district average of about 635 students per school.
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