Desert Star

Desert Star operates as a mid-sized primary school in GOODYEAR, Arizona, overseen by Avondale Elementary District (4272). Current enrollment sits at 637 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 41% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Avondale Elementary District (4272) comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 6,000 students; Desert Star is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Desert Star reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 23% White, 13% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Desert Star reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Maricopa County reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Desert Star is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Legacy Traditional School - Goodyear, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Desert Star.

Desert Star operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 637 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 27% to 23%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 20.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Desert Star community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.