Desert Willow Elementary School

Desert Willow Elementary School is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in KINGMAN, Arizona, overseen by Kingman Unified School District (79598), enrolling 388 students in grades K through 6.

Kingman Unified School District (79598) runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 6,996 students. Desert Willow Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Desert Willow Elementary School records that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 30% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Mohave County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Mohave County) reports that median household earnings sit near $57,684, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Desert Willow Elementary School is one of 77 public schools in Mohave County (combined enrollment of about 23,396 students).

Nearest neighbor: White Cliffs Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Desert Willow Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Desert Willow Elementary School has shrank 13%, going from 448 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 64% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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