📍 35959 N 7th Ave, Desert Hills, Maricopa County, 85086
Desert Mountain School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Desert Hills, Maricopa County. The school has 472 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Deer Valley Unified District (4246) school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
Desert Mountain School enrolls 472 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 15% Hispanic or Latino and 4.2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 374 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 69 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 4.2% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
108 of the school's 472 students (23%) 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 Mountain School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district OK-80.
Desert Mountain School is one of 41 schools in Deer Valley Unified District (4246), based in PHOENIX, Arizona. The district serves 32,265 students district-wide and employs 1,907 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 472 students, Desert Mountain School is smaller than the district average of about 787 students per school.
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