📍 10203 e Mcdowell Mountain Ranc, Scottsdale, Maricopa County, 85255
Desert Canyon Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Scottsdale, Maricopa County. The school has 496 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Scottsdale Unified District (4240) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
Desert Canyon Elementary enrolls 496 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 76% White, 12% Hispanic or Latino and 5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 376 | 76% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 58 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 25 | 5% |
| Asian | 22 | 4.4% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 2.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
33 of the school's 496 students (6.7%) 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 Canyon Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-10.
Desert Canyon Elementary is one of 30 schools in Scottsdale Unified District (4240), based in SCOTTSDALE, Arizona. The district serves 20,682 students district-wide and employs 1,294 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 496 students, Desert Canyon Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 689 students per school.
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