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Desert Garden Elementary School

Serves grades PK - 6

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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
7020 W Ocotillo Rd
Glendale, AZ 85303
Phone
(623) 237-4014
District
GLENDALE ELEMENTARY DISTRICT (4271)
County
MARICOPA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
641
Classroom Teachers
34

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

3

(10 is best)

Better than 22.8% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Desert Garden Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
22%
36%
22%
39%
22%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
19
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 pk 82 12.8%
Kindergarten 140 21.8%
Grade 1 137 21.4%
Grade 2 136 21.2%
Grade 3 146 22.8%
Grade 4 0 0.0%
Grade 5 0 0.0%
Grade 6 0 0.0%
Total 641 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 9.8% 10.4% 37.3%
Black 19.4% 11.1% 5.8%
Hispanic 63.9% 73.5% 48.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 4.5% 3.0% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.4% 2.0% 5.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 91.9% 78.4% 28.9%
Free lunch eligible 83.9% 74.1% 27.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 8.0% 4.3% 1.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 110,155 7,359,197
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 6,941.3 63
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 8.3% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 25.6% 19.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.6% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 21.6% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 9.9% 18.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 35,779 2,739,136
Single Parent Households With Children 16.8% 8.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 76.3% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 12.6% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 5.6% 17.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 11.0% 17.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.9% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.3% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 23.0% 15.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.9% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 13.2% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,162 $47,425,990 43.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $707 $8,056,265 7.4%
Staff $615 $7,007,925 6.5%
General Administration $132 $1,504,140 1.4%
School Administration $541 $6,164,695 5.7%
Operation $907 $10,335,265 9.5%
Transportation $231 $2,632,245 2.4%
Other $534 $6,084,930 5.6%
Total Support $3,668 $41,796,860 38.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,702 $19,394,290 17.9%
Total Expenditures $9,533 $108,628,535 100.0%
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%