Mountain Trail Middle School

As a large intermediate school in PHOENIX, Arizona, Mountain Trail Middle School hosts 835 students from grades 5 through 8, overseen by Paradise Valley Unified District (4241). Enrollment runs roughly 69% bigger than the state mean of about 494.

Mountain Trail Middle School is one of 42 schools operated by Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), a district that enrolls 26,183 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Mountain Trail Middle School shows that 55% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 30% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Mountain Trail Middle School shows 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.8:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $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%. Mountain Trail Middle School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Boulder Creek Elementary School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Mountain Trail Middle School operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Mountain Trail Middle School's enrollment has climbed 21% since 2018, when it stood at 689 (now 835). The White share of enrollment shrank from 66% to 55% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.