📍 27880 N. 64th Street, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, 85266
Desert Sun Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Scottsdale, Maricopa County. The school has 322 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Cave Creek Unified District (4244) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
Desert Sun Academy enrolls 322 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 75% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 242 | 75% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 55 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 4.7% |
| Black or African American | 5 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.6% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
44 of the school's 322 students (14%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Desert Sun Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-10.
Desert Sun Academy is one of 8 schools in Cave Creek Unified District (4244), based in SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The district serves 3,821 students district-wide and employs 246 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 322 students, Desert Sun Academy is smaller than the district average of about 478 students per school.