Rio Colorado Elementary School in San Luis, Arizona on �ǿմ�ý

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Rio Colorado Elementary School

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Rio Colorado Elementary School is a town public school in San Luis, Arizona that is part of Gadsden Elementary School District 32. It serves 539 students in grades K - 6 with a student/teacher ratio of 27.0:1. Its teachers have had 70 projects funded on �ǿմ�ý.

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Title 1

Grades K - 6

539 Students

20 Teachers

1055 N Main St

San Luis, AZ 85336 View local requests

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Rio Colorado Elementary School Demographics

95%

of students receive free or reduced price lunch

Source: the National Center for Education Statistics

99%

of students are Black, Latino, Native American, or Asian

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