Deer Valley Academy

Deer Valley Academy is a high school of tiny scale in GLENDALE, Arizona, one of the schools within Deer Valley Charter Schools Inc. (79496), instructing 11 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 98% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 631 students.

Deer Valley Academy sits inside Deer Valley Charter Schools Inc. (79496), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Deer Valley Academy shows that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder reads as 27% Hispanic. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 2.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.2:1, putting Deer Valley Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $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%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Deer Valley Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Deer Valley High School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Deer Valley Academy operates from a suburban location. Deer Valley Academy operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Deer Valley Academy's enrollment has fell 61% since 2018, when it stood at 28 (now 11). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 18% to 27% over that span.

On allk12, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.