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Flora Thew Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tempe, Maricopa County. The school has 458 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tempe School District (4258) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
Flora Thew Elementary School enrolls 458 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 31 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Hispanic or Latino, 17% Black or African American and 4.8% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 300 | 66% |
| Black or African American | 76 | 17% |
| White | 22 | 4.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 20 | 4.4% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 3.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 17 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 6 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
402 of the school's 458 students (88%) 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.
Flora Thew Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-40.
Flora Thew Elementary School is one of 23 schools in Tempe School District (4258), based in TEMPE, Arizona. The district serves 10,045 students district-wide and employs 749 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 458 students, Flora Thew Elementary School is close to the district average of about 437 students per school.
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