Whispering Wind Academy

Whispering Wind Academy operates as a modestly sized K-5 school in PHOENIX, Arizona, overseen by Paradise Valley Unified District (4241). Current enrollment sits at 376 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 26,183 students. Whispering Wind Academy is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Whispering Wind Academy records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 40% White, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Whispering Wind Academy tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs 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%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Whispering Wind Academy is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Freedom Academy, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Whispering Wind Academy.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Whispering Wind Academy's enrollment has ticked down 32% since 2018, when it stood at 551 (now 376). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 25% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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