📍 5858 e Sweetwater Ave, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, 85254
Desert Shadows Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Scottsdale, Maricopa County. The school has 780 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
Desert Shadows Middle School enrolls 780 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 553 | 71% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 133 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 4.7% |
| Asian | 32 | 4.1% |
| Black or African American | 21 | 2.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
54 of the school's 780 students (6.9%) 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 an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-10.
Desert Shadows Middle 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 780 students, Desert Shadows Middle School is larger than the district average of about 582 students per school.
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