📍 35565 W Honeycutt Rd, Maricopa, Pinal County, 85138
Desert Wind Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Maricopa, Pinal County. The school has 817 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Maricopa Unified School District (4441) school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
Desert Wind Middle School enrolls 817 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 27% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 365 | 45% |
| White | 219 | 27% |
| Black or African American | 132 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 52 | 6.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 31 | 3.8% |
| Asian | 14 | 1.7% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
424 of the school's 817 students (52%) 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 Wind Middle School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Small). 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-20.
Desert Wind Middle School is one of 13 schools in Maricopa Unified School District (4441), based in MARICOPA, Arizona. The district serves 9,568 students district-wide and employs 477 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 817 students, Desert Wind Middle School is close to the district average of about 736 students per school.
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