Cimarron Springs Middle School

Cimarron Springs Middle School is a large elementary campus in SURPRISE, Arizona, operated by Dysart Unified District (4243). The school caters to 810 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 80% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Dysart Unified District (4243) runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 23,078 students. Cimarron Springs Middle School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Cimarron Springs Middle School lists that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 8% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Cimarron Springs Middle School shows 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.3:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) reports that median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Cimarron Springs Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Canyon Ridge School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Cimarron Springs Middle School.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Cimarron Springs Middle School has changed only slightly, going from 824 students in 2018 to 810 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 59% to 47% over that span.

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