Elementary · Arizona
Desert Thunder
Desert Thunder, a public elementary school in Goodyear, Arizona: grades pre-k–8, 928 students, 25.1 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Avondale Elementary District (4272).
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
- 928
- Teachers (FTE)
- 36.9
- Students per teacher
- 25.1
- Grades
- Pre-K–8
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 96% of elementary schools in Arizona
Median 16.3 · 1,158 schools compared
More students per teacher than 97% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 95% of elementary schools in Arizona
Median 452 · 1,194 schools compared
Larger than 97% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Area
- Large suburb
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Avondale Elementary District (4272).
Location
- Address
- 16750 W Garfield St, Goodyear, AZ 85338
- Phone
- (623)772-4700
- City or town
- Goodyear
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Incito SchoolsCharter | K–8 | 179 | 19.9 |
| Pre-K–8 | 1,020 | 28.7 | |
| Pre-K–8 | 750 | 25.9 | |
| K–5 | 522 | 16.8 | |
BASIS Goodyear PrimaryCharter | K–5 | 657 | 15.3 |
| Pre-K–8 | 659 | 26.2 |
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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