📍 5902 e Sweetwater Ave, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, 85254
Desert Shadows Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Scottsdale, Maricopa County. The school has 464 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 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
Desert Shadows Elementary School enrolls 464 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 69% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 8.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 319 | 69% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 74 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 38 | 8.2% |
| Asian | 17 | 3.7% |
| Black or African American | 10 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 6 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
69 of the school's 464 students (15%) 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 Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-10.
Desert Shadows 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 464 students, Desert Shadows Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 582 students per school.
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