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Desert Sky Middle School

Serves grades 7 - 8

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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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
5130 W Grovers Ave
Glendale, AZ 85308
Phone
(602) 467-6500
District
Deer Valley Unified District (4246)
County
MARICOPA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
648
Classroom Teachers
30

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

6

(10 is best)

Better than 56.2% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

Desert Sky Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
43%
38%
47%
43%
39%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
36%
35%
36%
38%
36%
31%
    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
21
17
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 305 47.1%
Grade 8 343 52.9%
Total 648 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 52.7% 67.1% 36.4%
Black 4.7% 3.9% 5.9%
Hispanic 37.5% 23.3% 49.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.8% 4.2% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 2.3% 1.5% 5.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 46.8% 27.1% 44.8%
Free lunch eligible 36.9% 21.3% 37.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.9% 5.7% 7.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 265,965 7,359,197
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 731.4 64
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.0% 19.4%
20-44 YEARS OLD 32.0% 33.2%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.9% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.4% 18.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 100,134 2,739,136
Single Parent Households With Children 7.5% 8.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.9% 88.7%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 39.3% 31.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 27.7% 17.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 22.1% 17.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.5% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 14.3% 17.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 10.6% 15.2%
$15,000 - $29,999 6.8% 10.6%
$15,000 or less 5.0% 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,269 $174,940,000 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $689 $22,868,000 6.8%
Staff $358 $11,898,000 3.6%
General Administration $168 $5,583,000 1.7%
School Administration $424 $14,090,000 4.2%
Operation $921 $30,585,000 9.1%
Transportation $325 $10,788,000 3.2%
Other $327 $10,872,000 3.2%
Total Support $3,213 $106,684,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,600 $53,107,000 15.9%
Total Expenditures $10,083 $334,731,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,028 $5,737,989,000 45.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $769 $877,539,000 6.9%
Staff $469 $535,813,000 4.2%
General Administration $189 $215,431,000 1.7%
School Administration $504 $575,332,000 4.5%
Operation $1,055 $1,204,512,000 9.5%
Transportation $289 $329,985,000 2.6%
Other $428 $488,733,000 3.8%
Total Support $3,704 $4,227,345,000 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,420 $2,761,833,000 21.7%
Total Expenditures $11,151 $12,727,167,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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