Elementary · Arizona
Desert Sun Academy
Desert Sun Academy, a public elementary school in Scottsdale, Arizona: grades pre-k–6, 191 students, 13.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cave Creek Unified District (4244).
Size and class size
Compared with elementary 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
- 191
- Teachers (FTE)
- 14.4
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- Grades
- Pre-K–6
- Elementary
Fewer students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in Arizona
Median 16.3 · 1,158 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 64% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Smaller than 85% of elementary schools in Arizona
Median 452 · 1,194 schools compared
Smaller than 88% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–6
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Midsize city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cave Creek Unified District (4244).
Location
- Address
- 27880 N. 64th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85266
- Phone
- (480)575-2900
- City or town
- Scottsdale
- County
- Maricopa County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-K–6 | 424 | 17.7 | |
| Pre-K–6 | 376 | 14.9 | |
Candeo North ScottsdaleCharter | K–8 | 70 | 4.4 |
| Pre-K–6 | 338 | 14.8 | |
| Pre-K–8 | 474 | 15.0 | |
| Pre-K–6 | 496 | 15.5 |
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).
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NCES 040000100616