📍 8001 e Stella Rd, Tucson, Pima County, 85730
Ford Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 201 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tucson Unified District (4403) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
Ford Elementary enrolls 201 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 16 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% Hispanic or Latino, 28% White and 11% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 104 | 52% |
| White | 56 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 22 | 11% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 8% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
144 of the school's 201 students (72%) 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.
Ford 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-60.
Ford Elementary is one of 90 schools in Tucson Unified District (4403), based in TUCSON, Arizona. The district serves 40,316 students district-wide and employs 2,823 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 201 students, Ford Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 448 students per school.