📍 15844 N 43rd St, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 85032
Whispering Wind Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 518 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) school district. It serves grades K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
Whispering Wind Academy enrolls 518 students across grades K–6. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 45.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% White, 39% Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 225 | 43% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 200 | 39% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 22 | 4.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 2.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
237 of the school's 518 students (46%) 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.
Whispering Wind Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). 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-10.
Whispering Wind Academy 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 518 students, Whispering Wind Academy is close to the district average of about 582 students per school.
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