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2.00 (1 review)

4101 East Valencia Road

Tucson, AZ 85706
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Desert View High School serves 2,113 students in grades 9-12.
The student:teacher ratio of 22:1 is higher than the AZ average of 20:1.
Minority enrollment is 92% of the student body (majority Hispanic), which is more than the state average of 60%.
Desert View High School operates within the Sunnyside Unified School District.
Sunnyside Unified School District's 59% graduation rate is lower than the AZ state average of 77%.

School Overview

The student population of 2113 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The teacher population of 98 teachers has grown by 8% over five years.

Grades Offered	Grades 9-12
Total Students	2,113 students

Gender %
Total Classroom Teachers	98 teachers

Students by Grade

School Comparison

The student:teacher ratio of 22:1 has decreased from 24:1 over five years.
The school's diversity score of 0.29 is less than the state average of 0.42. The school's diversity has stayed relatively flat over five years.

	This School	(AZ) School Average
Student : Teacher Ratio	22:1	20:1

American Indian	4%	5%

Asian	n/a	3%

Hispanic	84%	45%

Black	4%	5%

White	8%	40%

Hawaiian	n/a	n/a

All Ethnic Groups
Diversity Score The chance that two students selected at random would be members of a different ethnic group. Scored from 0 to 1, a diversity score closer to 1 indicates a more diverse student body.	0.29	0.42

Eligible for Free Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	61%	34%

Eligible for Reduced Lunch Families meeting income eligibility guidelines may qualify for free and reduced price meals or free milk. These guidelines are used by schools, institutions, and facilities participating in the National School Lunch Program (and Commodity School Program), School Breakfast Program, Special Milk Program for Children, Child and Adult Care Food Program and Summer Food Service Program.	8%	5%

District Comparison

Sunnyside Unified School District's student population of 17,131 students has stayed relatively flat over five years.
The district's graduation rate of 59% has decreased from 94% over five years.
The revenue/student of $7,371 in this district is less than the state average of $8,166. The district revenue/student has declined by 6% over four years.
The district's spending/student of $7,915 is less than the state average of $8,440. The district spending/student has stayed relatively flat over four years.

School District Name	Sunnyside Unified School District
Number of Schools Managed	21	1
Number of Students Managed	17,131	325

Graduation Rate	59%	77%

District Total Revenue	$130 MM	$3 MM

District Spending	$140 MM	$3 MM

District Revenue / Student	$7,371	$8,166

District Spending / Student	$7,915	$8,440

School Statewide Testing	View Education Department Test Scores

Source: 2015 (latest year available) NCES, AZ Dept. of Education

School Reviews

3/2/2010

The programs at Desert View are limited. I was forced into a regular English class because they did not offer AP English. The music and art programs are looked down on, while sports were glorified. We did not win more than three games in the three and a half years I attended. That faculty is a whole new level of rude. When attending I was harassed and told over and over that I would amount to nothing. If you would like your child to have the support of faculty then this is NOT the place to go!! However there were a few good teachers there, emphasizing the word few. The parent involvement was small. The children who attended with me were good kids, but the staff needed to prove their dominance over them, which caused many of them to lash out and misbehave. all in all it is definitely a school you need to depend on your own work ethic and need to succeed. Like all high schools, it was fun... but the experiences could have been better.

- Posted by Student/Alumni - metca

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