Black Mountain Elementary School

Black Mountain Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary-level community in SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, one of the schools within Cave Creek Unified District (4244). Current enrollment sits at 496 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Within Cave Creek Unified District (4244), which oversees 8 schools and 3,821 students, Black Mountain Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Black Mountain Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest reads as 13% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, Black Mountain Elementary School reports 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, Maricopa County reports that median household income runs about $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Black Mountain Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Cave Creek Academy of Excellence is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Black Mountain Elementary School.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Black Mountain Elementary School's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 470 (now 496). The White share of enrollment edged down from 82% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

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