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Desert Heights Charter School

Charter

Desert Heights Charter School, a public other school in Glendale, Arizona: grades k–12, 868 students, 15.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Desert Heights Charter Schools (81099).

Size and class size

Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 868
Teachers (FTE): 57.6
Students per teacher: 15.1
Grades: K–12; Other

More students per teacher than 53% of schools in Arizona

Median 14.7 · 118 schools compared

More students per teacher than 62% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Larger than 81% of schools in Arizona

Median 240 · 141 schools compared

Larger than 85% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arizona's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Arizona: 40%

38%proficient

+0.1 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 70% of schools in Arizona

Median 48% · 70 schools compared

454 students tested, grades 3–8 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Arizona: 34%

36%proficient

−1.0 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 66% of schools in Arizona

Median 42% · 59 schools compared

454 students tested, grades 3–8 · AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Other · Grades K–12
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Area: Large suburb
Run by: Desert Heights Charter Schools (81099)

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Desert Heights Charter Schools (81099).

Location

Address: 5821 W Beverly Ln, Glendale, AZ 85306
Phone: (602)896-2900
City or town: Glendale
County: Maricopa County

Website Quality of life in Glendale Schools in Glendale

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Sunflower SchoolSpecial educationFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	21	7.0	—	—	0.3 mi
Peoria eCampusFully virtual	K–12	130	130.0	46%	—	1.2 mi
Vista PeakSpecial education	Pre-K–12	63	4.8	—	—	5.7 mi
Aspire Deer Valley's Online AcademyFully virtual	K–12	225	11.4	81%	62%	5.8 mi
Westland School Brighton CampusCharterFree meals for all	K–12	308	13.1	44%	40%	6.6 mi
ASDB - Region 2Special education	Pre-K–12	0	—	—	—	6.8 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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