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Fountain Hills High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
16100 E Palisades Blvd
Fountain Hills, AZ 85268
Phone
(480) 664-5512
District
FOUNTAIN HILLS UNIFIED DISTRICT (4247)
County
MARICOPA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
481
Classroom Teachers
19

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

8

(10 is best)

Better than 72.9% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Fountain Hills High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

50 40 30 20 10 0
41%
39%
40%
43%
41%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 20 10 0
25
20
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 113 23.5%
Grade 10 131 27.2%
Grade 11 126 26.2%
Grade 12 111 23.1%
Total 481 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 68.2% 64.7% 37.3%
Black 1.8% 1.2% 5.8%
Hispanic 15.4% 16.5% 48.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.0% 1.2% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 12.7% 16.5% 5.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 8.5% 11.2% 28.9%
Free lunch eligible 8.5% 11.2% 27.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 24,297 7,359,197
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,170.2 63
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 2.8% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 10.5% 19.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 17.9% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 31.9% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 37.0% 18.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 11,261 2,739,136
Single Parent Households With Children 3.1% 8.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.1% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 50.4% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 24.8% 17.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.8% 17.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.6% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.7% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.7% 15.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 7.7% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 5.6% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,572 $6,181,344 44.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,014 $1,370,928 9.8%
Staff $353 $477,256 3.4%
General Administration $232 $313,664 2.2%
School Administration $467 $631,384 4.5%
Operation $1,377 $1,861,704 13.3%
Transportation $613 $828,776 5.9%
Other $411 $555,672 4.0%
Total Support $4,467 $6,039,384 43.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,324 $1,790,048 12.8%
Total Expenditures $10,363 $14,010,776 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,784 $5,455,780,644 45.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $717 $817,413,358 6.8%
Staff $438 $499,269,446 4.2%
General Administration $167 $190,613,734 1.6%
School Administration $483 $550,946,830 4.6%
Operation $1,016 $1,158,685,840 9.6%
Transportation $332 $378,527,947 3.1%
Other $407 $464,329,479 3.9%
Total Support $3,560 $4,059,673,334 33.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,200 $2,509,151,950 20.9%
Total Expenditures $10,544 $12,024,681,898 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%