📍 11020 N 28th St, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 85028
Desert Cove Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 396 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
Desert Cove Elementary School enrolls 396 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 32.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 58% White, 30% Hispanic or Latino and 6.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 231 | 58% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 117 | 30% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 6.3% |
| Black or African American | 8 | 2% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
141 of the school's 396 students (36%) 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 Cove Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-10.
Desert Cove Elementary School is one of 45 schools in Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), based in PHOENIX, Arizona. The district serves 26,183 students district-wide and employs 1,835 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 396 students, Desert Cove Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 582 students per school.
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