Desert Sage Elementary School

Desert Sage Elementary School is one of the average-sized elementary-level communitys in GLENDALE, Arizona, operated by Deer Valley Unified District (4246), with 594 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 32% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Within Deer Valley Unified District (4246), which oversees 41 schools and 32,265 students, Desert Sage Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Desert Sage Elementary School logs that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Desert Sage Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Stetson Hills School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Desert Sage Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Desert Sage Elementary School has fell 6%, going from 630 students in 2018 to 594 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 77% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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