📍 725 e Fair St, Tucson, Pima County, 85714
Van Buskirk Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 275 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 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
Van Buskirk Elementary School enrolls 275 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 23.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 95% Hispanic or Latino, 3.3% White and 1.1% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 261 | 95% |
| White | 9 | 3.3% |
| Two or more races | 3 | 1.1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
230 of the school's 275 students (84%) 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.
Van Buskirk Elementary School 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.
Van Buskirk Elementary School 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 275 students, Van Buskirk Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 448 students per school.
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