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Desert Palms Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Glendale, Maricopa County. The school has 477 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Peoria Unified School District (4237) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
Desert Palms Elementary School enrolls 477 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 33% White and 8.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 222 | 47% |
| White | 156 | 33% |
| Black or African American | 39 | 8.2% |
| Two or more races | 34 | 7.1% |
| Asian | 18 | 3.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 8 | 1.7% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
281 of the school's 477 students (59%) 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 Palms Elementary 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.
Desert Palms Elementary 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 477 students, Desert Palms Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 783 students per school.
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