High Desert Middle School

High Desert Middle School is a middle school in Globe, Arizona, according to federal school records. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 390 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Arizona is about 494, so this school runs 21% smaller than that.

High Desert Middle School reports to Globe Unified District (4208), which has 4 schools and 1,644 students.

High Desert Middle School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 35%. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% White, 27% Native American, and 4% multiracial. In Gila County overall, about 18% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 70% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Dividing enrollment by its 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 20.0:1. That is 2.2 students per teacher above the 17.8:1 average for middle schools in Arizona.

allk12 grades High Desert Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Arizona public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Census estimates describe Gila County this way: the median household income is $61,986, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides High Desert Middle School, Gila County has 38 other public schools.

The nearest other public school, Destiny School, is about 1.4 miles away. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.

Enrollment went from 382 in 2020-21 to 390 in 2024-25, a change of 8 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 23.9:1 to 20.0:1.

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