The Tempe Elementary School District is a

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. The Tempe Elementary School District is located in the heart of the “

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”. It encompasses an area of approximately including not only Tempe but also parts of Phoenix and the Town of Guadalupe.

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, the fifth largest campus in the nation (with more than 50,000 students) is within the district's boundaries providing professional and educational opportunities. The 21 schools in the Tempe Elementary School District consist of 14

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grades

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through five, a developmental special needs school, an Intervention Learning Program middle school, four middle schools grades six through eight, a k-8 school, and a K-8 traditional school.

Preschools

Getz School

Elementary schools

Aguilar Elementary School

Arredondo Elementary School

Broadmor Elementary School

Carminati Elementary School

Curry Elementary School

Frank Elementary School

Fuller Elementary School

Holdeman Elementary School

Hudson Elementary School

Nevitt Elementary School

Rover Elementary School

Scales Technology Academy

Thew Elementary School

Wood Elementary School

Middle schools

Connolly Middle School

Gililland Middle School

Fees College Preparatory Middle School

Tempe Academy of International Studies - McKemy Campus

K-8 schools

Ward Traditional Academy

Laird School

Native American absenteeism

In 2007, it launched a program to reduce absenteeism among its 1,200 Native American students. A district supervision commented that some Native American parents had negative perceptions of schools. The program includes liaisons with parents and help with resources ranging from alarm clocks to transportation.School aims to cut Indian absenteeism
''The Arizona Republic''; Sept. 24, 2007

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