Los Ninos Elementary School

www.susd12.org/los-ninos

456 Students

Elementary School Pre-K - 6th

School Overview

Los Niños Elementary School, located on S. Alvernon Way in Tucson, Arizona, is part of the Sunnyside Unified School District. The school serves a diverse student population, typically catering to students from kindergarten through fifth grade. As a staple in the local community, the school emphasizes foundational learning in core academic areas such as literacy, mathematics, and science, while striving to foster an inclusive and supportive environment for its young learners.

The school is known for its commitment to student development through a combination of structured curriculum and extracurricular engagement. Being situated within the Sunnyside district, it benefits from district-wide initiatives aimed at closing achievement gaps and providing essential resources to students in the South Tucson area. Los Niños focuses on building strong home-school partnerships, encouraging parental involvement to support the social-emotional and academic growth of their students as they prepare for middle school and beyond.

456

Total Students

29.3

Full-Time Teachers

15.6

Student/Teacher Ratio

N/A

Free/Reduced Lunch

Student Demographics

Student Demographics Data Table

Student Demographics for Los Ninos Elementary School
Demographic	Student Count
White	21
Hispanic	366
Black	39
Asian	8
Two or More	14
American Indian	8

Hispanic
366 (80.3%)
Black
39 (8.6%)
White
21 (4.6%)
Two or More
14 (3.1%)
Asian
8 (1.8%)
American Indian
8 (1.8%)

School Location

School Details

Status:	Open
School Level:	Elementary School
School Type:	Regular School
Charter Status:*	Public Non-Charter
Virtual Instruction:	No virtual instruction
Shared Time Status:	No
District:	Sunnyside Unified District (4407)
Phone:	(520)545-3300
Website:	http://www.susd12.org/los-ninos
Grade Range:	Pre-K - 6th
Total Students:	456
Full-Time Teachers (FTE):	29.3
Pupil/Teacher Ratio:	15.6
NSLP Participation:¹	Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)
Qualified Free Lunch:	0
Qualified Reduced Lunch:	0

* Charter Schools: A public charter school is a publicly funded school that operates independently under a legislative contract (or "charter") with a state, school district, or designated authorizing entity. Charters grant these schools greater operational flexibility over curriculum, staffing, and budgeting in exchange for strict accountability to achieve performance standards established in their charter agreement.

¹ National School Lunch Program (NSLP): The National School Lunch Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools. It provides nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free lunches to eligible children each school day based on household income thresholds or community eligibility options (CEO).

Title I Program Overview: Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) allocates federal financial assistance to local educational agencies and public schools with high percentages of children from low-income families to help ensure that all children meet challenging state academic standards.

Grades Taught

Kindergarten 67

Grade 1 70

Grade 2 62

Grade 3 53

Grade 4 63

Grade 5 68

Grade 6 73