Sun Valley Academy

Sun Valley Academy operates as an average-sized elementary school in PHOENIX, Arizona, run under Sun Valley Academy - South Mountain Inc. (90192). Current enrollment sits at 595 students spanning grades K through 8. That puts it 32% larger than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Sun Valley Academy is a school of Sun Valley Academy - South Mountain Inc. (90192), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, Sun Valley Academy logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 30% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Sun Valley Academy has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Sun Valley Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: EAGLE College Prep, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. As a public charter, Sun Valley Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sun Valley Academy has ticked up 107%, going from 288 students in 2018 to 595 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 20% to 30%.

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