📍 30919 W. White Tanks Vista Dr, Buckeye, Maricopa County, 85396
Desert Sunset Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Buckeye, Maricopa County. The school has 631 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Saddle Mountain Unified School District (4254) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
Desert Sunset Elementary School enrolls 631 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 30 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% Hispanic or Latino, 31% White and 8.6% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 348 | 55% |
| White | 194 | 31% |
| Black or African American | 54 | 8.6% |
| Two or more races | 21 | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
296 of the school's 631 students (47%) 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 Sunset Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate).
Desert Sunset Elementary School is one of 6 schools in Saddle Mountain Unified School District (4254), based in TONOPAH, Arizona. The district serves 3,265 students district-wide and employs 158 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 631 students, Desert Sunset Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 544 students per school.
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