Middle · Arizona
Raul H. Castro Middle School: Academy of Fine Arts
Free meals for allRaul H. Castro Middle School: Academy of Fine Arts, a public middle school in Phoenix, Arizona: grades 6–8, 545 students, 22.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cartwright Elementary District (4282).
Size and class size
Compared with middle 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
- 545
- Teachers (FTE)
- 24.3
- Students per teacher
- 22.5
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 91% of middle schools in Arizona
Median 18.1 · 208 schools compared
More students per teacher than 95% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 56% of middle schools in Arizona
Median 496 · 216 schools compared
Larger than 52% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Large city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cartwright Elementary District (4282).
Location
- Address
- 2730 N 79TH Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85035
- Phone
- (623)691-5300
- City or town
- Phoenix
- County
- Maricopa County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Estrella Middle School College and Career PrepFree meals for all | 6–8 | 650 | 20.3 |
Imagine Desert West MiddleCharterFree meals for all | 6–8 | 437 | 20.8 |
Desert Sands Academy of Mass Communication & JournalismFree meals for all | 6–8 | 510 | 18.5 |
Marc T. Atkinson Middle School & Gifted AcademyFree meals for all | 6–8 | 205 | 16.1 |
Santa Maria Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 591 | 22.7 |
Western Valley Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 553 | 19.8 |
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).
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.
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