Desert Sun Academy

Located at 27880 N. 64th Street, in Scottsdale, Arizona, Desert Sun Academy is a small primary school that teaches 191 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within Cave Creek Unified District (4244). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Desert Sun Academy sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

Cave Creek Unified District (4244) comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,821 students; Desert Sun Academy is among them.

On demographics, Desert Sun Academy logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $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%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Desert Sun Academy is one campus in the mix.

Sonoran Trails Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Desert Sun Academy.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Desert Sun Academy's enrollment has ticked down 45% since 2018, when it stood at 345 (now 191). The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 15% to 20% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.