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Pima Butte Elementary School

Grades: PK-5

Students: 407

Type: Public

7/10

GreatSchools Rating

Student-Teacher Ratio: 18:1

Student-Counselor Ratio: 858:1

Certified Teachers: 100%

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Maricopa Unified School District

42202 Rancho El Dorado Parkway
Maricopa, AZ 85138

(520) 568-7150

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6/10

Test Scores

7/10

Equity

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College Readiness

7/10

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The education at this school is abysmal. They do not teach many fundamentals that are utilized in the advanced grades. My children had to scramble to catch up when they graduated to middle school. Additionally, the culture of the teachers is awful. Many of the teachers are bullies, demeaning or have

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Posted by a parent on 8/30/2026

TERRIBLE! Especially the new “Principle” has no leadership and has no idea what she’s doing or how to handle kids. Half the teachers have no idea how to handle kids. The Principle called me about an “incident” with my 7 year old son who has ADHD. Because she didn’t like the way the phone call went,

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Posted by a parent on 3/11/2026

I had high hopes for this school. Unfortunately haven't had a great experience and wish we would've gone with another school in the area. There seems to be an issue with bullying. Not sure if it's because the staff doesn't watch the kids properly or if they just don't care to intervene or communicat

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Posted by a parent on 9/6/2022

Awesome best school ever so friendly and kind

Posted by a student on 7/26/2017

My daughter transferred here from another state so she was faced with a little bit of a learning curve because the curriculum was so different. My daughter excelled in her last school, but was a little behind here for a semester until she caught up. Excellent teachers who really care and are in cons

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Posted by a parent on 7/11/2017

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Maricopa schools - Pima Butte Elementary School is located at 42202 Rancho El Dorado Parkway, Maricopa AZ 85138. Pima Butte Elementary School is in the Maricopa Unified School District. Pima Butte Elementary School is a Public school that serves grade levels PK-5.