📍 340 Blvd. del Rey David, Nogales, Santa Cruz County, 85621
Desert Shadows Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Nogales, Santa Cruz County. The school has 760 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Nogales Unified District (4457) school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
Desert Shadows Middle School enrolls 760 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino, <1% Asian and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 751 | 99% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| White | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
569 of the school's 760 students (75%) 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 Shadows Middle 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-70.
Desert Shadows Middle School is one of 11 schools in Nogales Unified District (4457), based in NOGALES, Arizona. The district serves 5,696 students district-wide and employs 270 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 760 students, Desert Shadows Middle School is larger than the district average of about 518 students per school.
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