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Cactus View Elementary School
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Cactus View Elementary School is a reasonably sized K-5 school in PHOENIX, Arizona, one of the schools within Paradise Valley Unified District (4241). The school serves 508 students in grades pre-K through 6.
Cactus View Elementary School is one of 42 schools operated by Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), a district that educates 26,183 students overall.
On the student-mix side, Cactus View Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 33% White, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Cactus View Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Cactus View Elementary School is one campus in the mix.
Hearn Academy The - A Ball Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The campus sits in an urban setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Cactus View Elementary School's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 674 (now 508). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 46% to 33% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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