Willow Canyon High School

As a sizable high school in SURPRISE, Arizona, Willow Canyon High School teaches 1,901 students from grades 7 through 12, run under Dysart Unified District (4243). Compared to the state average of about 631 students per school, that is 201% larger than typical.

Dysart Unified District (4243) comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 23,078 students; Willow Canyon High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Willow Canyon High School records that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Willow Canyon High School records 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 24.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

Across the wider county, census data for Maricopa County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Willow Canyon High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: West-MEC - Willow Canyon High School, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 6%: 1,799 students in 2018 compared to 1,901 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 58% to 47% over that span.

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