📍 16200 N Murphy Rd, Maricopa, Pinal County, 85138
Desert Sunrise High School is a State/Public serving secondary age pupils, located in Maricopa, Pinal County. The school has 615 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Maricopa Unified School District (4441) school district. It serves grades 9–10 in a rural setting. The school employs 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
Desert Sunrise High School enrolls 615 students across grades 9–10. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 30.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 266 | 43% |
| White | 191 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 100 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 16 | 2.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
276 of the school's 615 students (45%) 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 Sunrise High 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-20.
Desert Sunrise High 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 615 students, Desert Sunrise High School is smaller than the district average of about 736 students per school.
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