📍 1818 S Avenida del Sol, Tucson, Pima County, 85710
Wheeler Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 416 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 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
Wheeler Elementary School enrolls 416 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Hispanic or Latino, 29% White and 9.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 210 | 50% |
| White | 119 | 29% |
| Black or African American | 41 | 9.9% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 5% |
| Asian | 13 | 3.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 10 | 2.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 416 students (73%) 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.
Wheeler 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.
Wheeler 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 416 students, Wheeler Elementary School is close to the district average of about 448 students per school.
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