Shea Middle School

Shea Middle School is one of the mid-sized 6-8 campuss in PHOENIX, Arizona, operated by Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), with 476 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8.

Within Paradise Valley Unified District (4241), which oversees 42 schools and 26,183 students, Shea Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Shea Middle School records that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 39% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Shea Middle School logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.8:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Maricopa County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Shea Middle School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Shadow Mountain High School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 27%: 649 students in 2018 compared to 476 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 39% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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