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Horizon High School

Serves grades 7 - 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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
5601 E Greenway Rd
Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Phone
(602) 449-6000
District
PARADISE VALLEY UNIFIED DISTRICT (4241)
County
MARICOPA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
2083
Classroom Teachers
86

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

9

(10 is best)

Better than 82.5% of AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

8

(10 is best)

Horizon High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
64%
49%
61%
48%
67%
50%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
24
16
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 0 0.0%
Grade 8 0 0.0%
Grade 9 489 23.5%
Grade 10 549 26.4%
Grade 11 532 25.5%
Grade 12 513 24.6%
Total 2083 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 79.2% 57.0% 37.8%
Black 2.5% 3.8% 5.7%
Hispanic 14.3% 34.0% 47.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.9% 3.7% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 1.1% 1.5% 5.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED 3.2%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED 3.0%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED 0.2%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 271,126 7,276,316
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,772.9 62
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.4% 6.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.2% 19.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.4% 32.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.6% 23.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.3% 17.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 109,437 2,689,565
Single Parent Households With Children 8.4% 11.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 92.5% 87.9%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 43.9% 30.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 20.4% 12.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.3% 15.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 13.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.8% 18.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.8% 17.9%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.5% 13.0%
$15,000 or less 6.3% 9.7%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,107 $156,335,484 44.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $852 $26,081,424 7.5%
Staff $389 $11,908,068 3.4%
General Administration $77 $2,357,124 0.7%
School Administration $380 $11,632,560 3.3%
Operation $1,098 $33,611,976 9.6%
Transportation $343 $10,499,916 3.0%
Other $258 $7,897,896 2.3%
Total Support $3,396 $103,958,352 29.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,892 $88,529,904 25.4%
Total Expenditures $11,395 $348,823,740 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,711 $5,278,750,670 44.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $686 $768,249,727 6.5%
Staff $437 $489,105,787 4.1%
General Administration $164 $183,722,859 1.6%
School Administration $475 $532,277,218 4.5%
Operation $1,004 $1,125,517,389 9.5%
Transportation $359 $402,406,844 3.4%
Other $392 $439,073,962 3.7%
Total Support $3,517 $3,940,193,495 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,321 $2,600,547,606 22.0%
Total Expenditures $10,549 $11,819,543,577 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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