📍 5102 S Cherry Ave, Tucson, Pima County, 85706
Rivera Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 440 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sunnyside Unified District (4407) school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
Rivera Elementary enrolls 440 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 2% White and 1.6% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 418 | 95% |
| White | 9 | 2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
391 of the school's 440 students (89%) 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.
Rivera Elementary 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.
Rivera Elementary 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 440 students, Rivera Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 635 students per school.