Mohave Middle School

Mohave Middle School is a sizable junior high in SCOTTSDALE, Arizona, one of the schools within Scottsdale Unified District (4240). The school hosts 753 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 52% larger than the state mean of about 494.

Scottsdale Unified District (4240) comprises 30 schools with combined enrollment of 20,682 students; Mohave Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Mohave Middle School records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 34% Hispanic, 5% Native American, 5% Black, 4% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Mohave Middle School lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.8:1 average.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Mohave Middle School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Noah Webster Schools-Pima is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Mohave Middle School operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 853 students in 2018 compared to 753 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

On the community side, 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.