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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Bales Elementary School, Buckeye, AZ

Bales Elementary School is a public elementary school in Buckeye, part of Buckeye Elementary District (4269). It enrolled 699 students in 2024-25, with 20.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
699
Teachers (FTE)
35.0
Students per teacher
20.0
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.6. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school20.0
District19.6
Arizona17.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
25400 W Maricopa Rd, Buckeye, AZ 85326
Phone
(623)847-8503
District
Buckeye Elementary District (4269)
County
Maricopa County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Town: Fringe
NCES school ID
040138003123
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
383Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Buckeye Elementary District (4269)

Elementary schools elsewhere in Buckeye

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.