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150 Years & Counting

Phoenix Elementary School District #1 is Arizona’s first free public school district serving students in the City of Phoenix since 1871; and has been the city’s district of choice for 150 years!

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Dual Language Immersion
Dual Language Immersion

The Phoenix Elementary School District is delighted to announce the return of the Phoenix #1 Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program for the 2025-2026 school year! The program will be hosted at Lowell Elementary, 1121 S. 3rd Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85003. 

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Sunflower in Garfield Garden
Garfield Gardens

The Garfield Gardens are a beautiful outdoor learning lab for 5th through 8th-grade students at Garfield. The gardens provide a natural learning environment for learning about ecosystems, conservation, desert habitats, adaptations, food and nutrition, culinary arts, and entrepreneurship.

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Half and Full Day Preschool

Phoenix Elementary School District #1 is proud to offer high-quality preschool options designed to meet the diverse needs of our families.

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Students perform Aladdin on stage
Fine and Performing Arts

Herrera Elementary School offers a fine and performing arts K-8 program. The program features a full curriculum led by outstanding faculty with arts specializations that introduce students to drawing and painting, choir, instrumental music, dance, and theater as part of the core curriculum. Regular productions of plays and musicals, choir and instrumental music events bring the community together to celebrate the talents of our young scholar artists.

Let's Play!

Math and Science Academy
Free Full Day Kindergarten

Now Enrolling Kindergarten for Fall 2025

We offer FREE full-day kindergarten at our schools. Our full-day program provides a deeper understanding of language arts, focusing on the literacy elements of phonics, vocabulary, comprehension, science, and social studies. It also provides an enriched experience in the arts.

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What's Happening

Average Teacher Salary Information

(A.R.S. 15-903.E)

$67,500 – Average salary of all teachers employed in FY 2025
$64,627 – Average salary of all teachers employed in FY 2024
$2,873– Increase in average teacher salary from the prior year
4% – Increase in average teacher salary from the prior year