Desert Shadows Middle School

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Desert Shadows Middle School

Public Middle School | Grade 6-8

5858 E Sweetwater Ave, Scottsdale, AZ

Paradise Valley Neighborhood

Paradise Valley Unified School District

780 Students

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GreatSchools Rating

School Details

Student Teacher Ratio
21:1

Math Proficiency
53%

Reading Proficiency
63%

Academics

A+

Teachers

Source: Niche

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Academics

Reading Proficiency

63%

Math Proficiency

53%

Teachers

Student Teacher Ratio

21:1

Teachers

Full Time Teachers

Teachers in First or Second Year

15.4%

Test Scores

Equity

Source: GreatSchools

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Teachers and Staff

Students Per Counselor

438:1

Student Diversity

Male

51.4%

Female

48.6%

White

70.9%

Hispanic

17.1%

Two or more races

4.7%

Asian or Pacific Islander

4.1%

Black

2.7%

Native American

<1%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

<1%

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School Rankings

#63 Best Public MS Teachers in Arizona

Source: Niche

Specialty School Programs

Free/Reduced Lunch Offered

This School’s Reviews

1.0 parent

8/24/2022

GRAVE Safety & Security issues at this school! I would encourage everyone to use the new and long overdue ESAs (empowerment scholarship funds, they are NOT vouchers) to go to a private school where obviously you'll have a more safe, protected and stronger learning environment. We had to remove our d...

3.0 parent

11/7/2021

A qualified yes for recommending this school. I think it is a perfectly fine school for most students. However, I do not recommend this middle school to any child currently in the SCG program. Despite the fact that several of the elementary schools with SCG programs (North Ranch and Sonoran Sky) dir...

3.0 parent

8/21/2018

The school is fine. When seeing the number of students who qualify for NHS truly indicates how easy and unchallenging the curriculum is at school. 8th grade is even less challenging than 7th grade since even more students who should be in standard classes are allowed to enroll into honors classes wh...

1.0 parent

3/29/2018

Our experience at this school has been absolutely horrible. I have watched my children go from happy honor roll students to beaten down, broken students who are barely above failing. Thankfully my first child after being away from this school for nearly 2 years is finally returning to the child I pr...

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List Price Range

$154K - $4.6M

Homes For Sale

203

Average Home Value

$915,741

Median Lot Size

5,662 Sq Ft

% Renters

32%

Household Income

$116,684

% of College Grads

44.1%

Median Age

Average House Size

2,363 Sq Ft

% Commercial Property

31.5%

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