Santan Junior High School

Located at 1550 E CHANDLER HEIGHTS RD, in CHANDLER, Arizona, Santan Junior High School is an expansive 6-8 campus that instructs 1,085 students (grades 7 through 8), overseen by Chandler Unified District #80 (4242). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 494 students each, so Santan Junior High School sits 120% larger than that benchmark.

Within Chandler Unified District #80 (4242), which oversees 48 schools and 41,421 students, Santan Junior High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Santan Junior High School shows that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Santan Junior High School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Santan Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Santan Junior High School operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 1,301 students in 2018 compared to 1,085 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 70% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.