Desert Mountain High School

Desert Mountain High School is a high-enrollment high school in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school counted 1,905 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 202% bigger than the 631-student average for high schools in Arizona.

Scottsdale Unified District (4240) is made up of 30 schools with 20,682 students in all.

The share of White students at Desert Mountain High School is 70%, a majority. After that, the student body is 13% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census figures show Maricopa County is about 59% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.

Teacher count: 92.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 20.6:1. It is about the same as the 20.2:1 average for high schools in Arizona.

Desert Mountain High School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 82% of Arizona public high schools.

Maricopa County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $89,300 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Maricopa County number 1,352, with about 725,139 students.

Desert Mountain High School's closest public school neighbor is Mountainside Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Desert Mountain High School, there are at least 8 other public schools.

Desert Mountain High School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 9% rise, from 1,750 to 1,905.

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