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Cactus View Elementary School
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AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 17 points.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Cactus View Elementary School
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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