Balsz Elementary School District

The Balsz Elementary School District #31 is a school district on the east side of Phoenix, Arizona. It currently includes five schools, which are: Balsz Elementary School, established as a one-room school house in 1888; Griffith Elementary School, built in 1951; David Crockett Elementary School, opened in 1955; Orangedale Early Learning Center (most recently converted from a junior high) and Brunson-Lee Elementary School, opened in 2003. As of 2016 the school district's superintendent is Jeffrey J. Smith. The district feeds into Phoenix Union High School District.