📍 22401 N 40th St, Phoenix, Maricopa County, 85050
Explorer Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Phoenix, Maricopa County. The school has 678 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) school district. It serves grades 7–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
Explorer Middle School enrolls 678 students across grades 7–8. 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 19.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 9.6% Hispanic or Latino and 5.3% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 535 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 65 | 9.6% |
| Two or more races | 36 | 5.3% |
| Asian | 25 | 3.7% |
| Black or African American | 14 | 2.1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
39 of the school's 678 students (5.8%) 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.
Explorer 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.
Explorer 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 678 students, Explorer Middle School is larger than the district average of about 582 students per school.
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