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Shaw Butte School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 682 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Washington Elementary School District (4260) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
Shaw Butte School enrolls 682 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 13% White and 5.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 486 | 71% |
| White | 89 | 13% |
| Black or African American | 38 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 4.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 31 | 4.5% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
572 of the school's 682 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.
Shaw Butte 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-80.
Shaw Butte School is one of 33 schools in Washington Elementary School District (4260), based in GLENDALE, Arizona. The district serves 18,816 students district-wide and employs 1,164 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 682 students, Shaw Butte School is larger than the district average of about 570 students per school.
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