📍 727 W Cornell Dr, Tempe, Maricopa County, 85283
Wood School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tempe, Maricopa County. The school has 516 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 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
Wood School enrolls 516 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Hispanic or Latino, 19% Black or African American and 11% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 291 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 97 | 19% |
| White | 56 | 11% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 30 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 23 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 14 | 2.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
262 of the school's 516 students (51%) 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.
Wood 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.
Wood 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 516 students, Wood School is larger than the district average of about 437 students per school.