📍 101 W 44th St, Tucson, Pima County, 85713
Wakefield Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 222 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Tucson Unified District (4403) school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
Wakefield Middle School enrolls 222 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 22.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 81% Hispanic or Latino, 11% White and 5.4% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 180 | 81% |
| White | 24 | 11% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 5.4% |
| Black or African American | 4 | 1.8% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
141 of the school's 222 students (64%) 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.
Wakefield Middle 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.
Wakefield Middle 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 222 students, Wakefield Middle School is smaller than the district average of about 448 students per school.
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