📍 2728 e Shea Blvd, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 85028
Shea Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 511 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) school district. It serves grades 5–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
Shea Middle School enrolls 511 students across grades 5–8. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 36.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 38% Hispanic or Latino and 6.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 243 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 194 | 38% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 5.7% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1.6% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
188 of the school's 511 students (37%) 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.
Shea Middle 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.
Shea 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 511 students, Shea Middle School is close to the district average of about 582 students per school.
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