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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST-MEC - WESTERN MARICOPA EDUCATION CENTER (80923)·NCES 040061503525

Southwest Campus

500 N VERRADO WAY, BUCKEYE, AZ 85326 · (623) 872-6260 · Maricopa County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL33 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
33
High
DISTRICT 8 · STATE 631
Student : Teacher
1.5:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 2.4:1 · STATE 20.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
STATE 95%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 111648%
Grade 121752%
Student demographics
White
1545%
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
1442%
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 48% · US 30%
Black
39%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 15%
Two+
13%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
2679%
Female
721%

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Where Southwest Campus ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn ArizonaIn Maricopa County
Enrollment
ranked largest first
33#419 of 510#214 of 248
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
33
-64 (-66%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
1.5:1
was 5.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2533221.5:1N/A
2023-242020.51.0:1N/A
2022-232619.51.3:1N/A
2020-2197185.4:1N/A
2017-18390.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Southwest Campus.

Since 2017-18: students up 1000% (3 to 33); teachers up 144% (9 to 22).

About Southwest Campus

In BUCKEYE, Arizona, Southwest Campus is a very small high school. It reports enrollment of 33 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Arizona, the average enrollment is about 631.

Southwest Campus sits within West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923), which has 21 schools and 173 students.

No group is above 50% at Southwest Campus; the largest is White, at 45%. After that, the student body is 42% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Maricopa County, the White share is about 59%.

Southwest Campus reported 22 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 1.5:1. High schools in Arizona have an average ratio of 20.2:1.

In Maricopa County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $89,300 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Southwest Campus, Maricopa County has 1,352 public schools.

BUHSD Institute of Online Learning is the nearest public school to Southwest Campus, about 0.3 miles away. Southwest Campus is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles.

In the federal locale system, Southwest Campus is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Enrollment was 97 in 2020-21 and 33 in 2024-25. Large swings like this can come from changes to the grades a school serves. The ratio was 5.4:1 in 2020-21 and 1.5:1 in 2024-25.

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Maricopa County at a glance

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Population
4,559,748
Census ACS
Median income
$89,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,352
725,139 students

Quick facts

School name
Southwest Campus
District
West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923)
Address
500 N VERRADO WAY, BUCKEYE, AZ 85326
Phone
(623) 872-6260
County
Maricopa County
Level
High
Grade range
09–12
Total enrollment
33
Teachers (FTE)
22
Student–teacher ratio
1.5:1
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
040061503525
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

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Frequently asked questions

About Southwest Campus
How large is Southwest Campus?
Southwest Campus enrolls approximately 33 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Southwest Campus serve?
Southwest Campus serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Southwest Campus have?
Southwest Campus employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 1.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Southwest Campus?
Student demographics at Southwest Campus are roughly 45% White, 42% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Southwest Campus in?
Southwest Campus is part of West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923).
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