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Sam Hughes Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 325 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tucson Unified District (4403) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
Sam Hughes Elementary enrolls 325 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 38% White and 5.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 161 | 50% |
| White | 123 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 18 | 5.5% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
117 of the school's 325 students (36%) 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.
Sam Hughes Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-70.
Sam Hughes 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 325 students, Sam Hughes Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 448 students per school.
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