📍 6330 W Greenway Rd, Glendale, Maricopa County, 85306
Cactus High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Glendale, Maricopa County. The school has 1,144 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Peoria Unified School District (4237) school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 60.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
Cactus High School enrolls 1,144 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 60.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 19.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% White, 35% Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 574 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 403 | 35% |
| Black or African American | 64 | 5.6% |
| Two or more races | 55 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 28 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 17 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
502 of the school's 1,144 students (44%) 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.
Cactus High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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-80.
Cactus High School is one of 44 schools in Peoria Unified School District (4237), based in GLENDALE, Arizona. The district serves 34,436 students district-wide and employs 1,900 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,144 students, Cactus High School is larger than the district average of about 783 students per school.
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