Tucson Unified School District on Wednesday recommended Cavett Elementary School for closure.
Students at Cavett, 2120 E. Naco Vista, would be sent two minutes away, about a quarter mile, to Utterback Middle School, 3233 S. Pinal Vista. Utterback would become a K-8 school.
The new system would start in the 2028-29 school year.
Cavett joins six other schools recommended for closure. The rest are Hudlow, Cragin, Dunham and Collier elementary schools and Magee and Secrist middle schools.
A middle school student draws pictures of dinosaurs during beginning art class at Utterback Magnet Middle School. On Wednesday, TUSD said it plans to transform Utterback into a K-8 campus by closing nearby Cavett Elementary and sending students there instead.
School data
Cavett has an enrollment utilization rate of 32%, according to district data, which refers to how many students are enrolled in a school compared to the physical capacity or design limit of that school building. It has a 75% classroom utilization rate, the percentage of classrooms that are being used of the total classrooms on campus, and a 61% capture rate for students in its area. The school, designed for 600, had 199 students in the 2024-25 school year.
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Utterback has a 24% enrollment utilization rate, 60% classroom utilization rate and 65% capture rate. In the 2024-25 school year, Utterback, designed for 1,075 students, had and enrollment of 264.
