Sonoran Trails Middle School

Sonoran Trails Middle School operates as a reasonably sized junior high in Phoenix, Arizona, overseen by Cave Creek Unified District (4244). Current enrollment sits at 615 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 494 students per school, that is 24% larger than typical.

Cave Creek Unified District (4244) comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,821 students; Sonoran Trails Middle School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sonoran Trails Middle School lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.5:1. The state averages around 17.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put 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. Sonoran Trails Middle School is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Horseshoe Trails Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 34%: 935 students in 2018 compared to 615 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 79% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 26.1:1 in 2018 to 19.5:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Sonoran Trails Middle School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.