Sun Valley High School

Sun Valley High School operates as a tight-knit senior high in MESA, Arizona, overseen by American Charter Schools Foundation d.b.a. Sun Val (79877). Current enrollment sits at 345 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 45% below the state mean of about 631.

Sun Valley High School sits inside American Charter Schools Foundation d.b.a. Sun Val (79877), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Sun Valley High School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 18% White, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

In the area at large, census data for Maricopa County shows median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Sun Valley High School is one.

The closest other public school is Montessori Education Centre Charter School - Mesa, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Sun Valley High School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Sun Valley High School's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 491 (now 345). The White share of enrollment shrank from 27% to 18% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.