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Desert View High School

๐Ÿ“ 4101 e Valencia Rd, Tucson, Pima County, 85706

2,169
Pupils
21.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Desert View High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Tucson, Pima County. The school has 2,169 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sunnyside Unified District (4407) school district. It serves grades 9โ€“12 in an urban setting. The school employs 101.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.

School details

School district
Sunnyside Unified District (4407)

Enrollment & staffing

Desert View High School enrolls 2,169 students across grades 9โ€“12. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 101.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.4:1.

Male students
1,121 (52%)
Female students
1,048 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
101.1
Student-teacher ratio
21.4:1
Grade span
9โ€“12

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 87% Hispanic or Latino, 4% Black or African American and 3.8% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Hispanic or Latino1,88787%
Black or African American874%
White833.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native783.6%
Asian17<1%
Two or more races17<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

1,495 of the school's 2,169 students (69%) 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.

School setting & status

City, LargeGrades 9โ€“12Title I

Desert View High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, 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-60.

School district: Sunnyside Unified District (4407)

Desert View High School is one of 22 schools in Sunnyside Unified District (4407), based in TUCSON, Arizona. The district serves 13,979 students district-wide and employs 741 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 2,169 students, Desert View High School is larger than the district average of about 635 students per school.

13,979
District students
22
Schools
741
Teachers (FTE)

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