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Desert Vista Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Apache Junction, Pinal County. The school has 536 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Apache Junction Unified District (4443) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
Desert Vista Elementary School enrolls 536 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 33% Hispanic or Latino and 2.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 316 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 179 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 2.6% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
267 of the school's 536 students (50%) 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 Vista Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-50.
Desert Vista Elementary School is one of 5 schools in Apache Junction Unified District (4443), based in Apache Junction, Arizona. The district serves 2,440 students district-wide and employs 142 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 536 students, Desert Vista Elementary School is close to the district average of about 488 students per school.
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