Santa Cruz Valley Union High School

Santa Cruz Valley Union High School is one of the compact senior highs in ELOY, Arizona, operated by Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District (4454), with 399 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so Santa Cruz Valley Union High School sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Santa Cruz Valley Union High School District (4454) runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 425 students. Santa Cruz Valley Union High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Santa Cruz Valley Union High School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% White, 6% Black, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 23.5:1. The state averages around 20.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pinal County put the typical household earns roughly $80,266 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pinal County runs 155 public schools (combined enrollment of about 63,837 students), of which Santa Cruz Valley Union High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Santa Cruz Center for Success, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Santa Cruz Valley Union High School operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 12%: 357 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025.

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