📍 12907 W Greenway Rd, El Mirage, Maricopa County, 85335
Surprise Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in El Mirage, Maricopa County. The school has 771 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Dysart Unified District (4243) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
Surprise Elementary School enrolls 771 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 48.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 68% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 7.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 523 | 68% |
| White | 129 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 56 | 7.3% |
| Two or more races | 42 | 5.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 12 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
555 of the school's 771 students (72%) 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.
Surprise Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate).
Surprise Elementary School is one of 26 schools in Dysart Unified District (4243), based in SURPRISE, Arizona. The district serves 23,078 students district-wide and employs 1,161 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 771 students, Surprise Elementary School is close to the district average of about 888 students per school.
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