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Desert Vista 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
16440 S 32 Nd St
Phoenix, AZ 85048
Phone
(480) 706-7900
District
TEMPE UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT (4287)
County
MARICOPA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
3032
Classroom Teachers
125

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

10

(10 is best)

Better than 97.9% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

10

(10 is best)

Desert Vista High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
67%
39%
71%
43%
63%
36%
    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
21
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 807 26.6%
Grade 10 729 24.0%
Grade 11 775 25.6%
Grade 12 721 23.8%
Total 3032 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 58.5% 35.6% 37.3%
Black 7.6% 12.4% 5.8%
Hispanic 24.7% 42.2% 48.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.9% 4.3% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.2% 5.4% 5.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 5.8% 14.5% 28.9%
Free lunch eligible 5.8% 14.5% 27.5%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 1.4%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 320,280 7,359,197
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1,963.0 63
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.9% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.0% 19.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 43.6% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.8% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 10.7% 18.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 128,229 2,739,136
Single Parent Households With Children 7.3% 8.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.6% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 47.5% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.9% 17.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.4% 17.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.0% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.7% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.0% 15.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.7% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 8.3% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,780 $62,804,420 47.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $777 $10,209,003 7.7%
Staff $610 $8,014,790 6.0%
General Administration $135 $1,773,765 1.3%
School Administration $528 $6,937,392 5.2%
Operation $1,265 $16,620,835 12.5%
Transportation $298 $3,915,422 2.9%
Other $337 $4,427,843 3.3%
Total Support $3,949 $51,885,911 39.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,379 $18,118,681 13.6%
Total Expenditures $10,109 $132,822,151 100.0%
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%

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