Deer Valley Unified School District

Listed by NCES as Deer Valley Unified District (4246) (district ID 0407750)

Public school district · Maricopa County · Arizona · NCES district ID 0407750

Deer Valley Unified School District spent $10,940 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, more than 63% of the other Arizona districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 (median $10,493). Its 41 schools enrolled 32,265 students in 2024-25; 44.4% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $11,444 per student, up 7.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 95% (Arizona: 77.8%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Arizona's largest districts

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Deer Valley Unified ranks 7.

Current spending per student, largest Arizona districts, FY23Tucson Unified $13,783; Phoenix Union High School District (4286) $13,194; Mesa Public Schools $12,121; Paradise Valley Unified $11,848; Scottsdale Unified School District 48 $11,306; Chandler Unified $11,085; Deer Valley Unified $10,940; Gilbert Public Schools $10,928; Dysart Unified District (4243) $10,550; Peoria Unified $10,026; State median, 1,000+ students $10,493.8k10k12k14k16kTucson Unified$13,783Phoenix Union High School Dist…$13,194Mesa Public Schools$12,121Paradise Valley Unified$11,848Scottsdale Unified School Dist…$11,306Chandler Unified$11,085Deer Valley Unified$10,940Gilbert Public Schools$10,928Dysart Unified District (4243)$10,550Peoria Unified$10,026State median, 1,000+ students $10,493
Current spending per student, largest Arizona districts, FY23Tucson Unified $13,783; Phoenix Union High School District (4286) $13,194; Mesa Public Schools $12,121; Paradise Valley Unified $11,848; Scottsdale Unified School District 48 $11,306; Chandler Unified $11,085; Deer Valley Unified $10,940; Gilbert Public Schools $10,928; Dysart Unified District (4243) $10,550; Peoria Unified $10,026; State median, 1,000+ students $10,493.8k10k12k14k16kTucson Unified$13,783Phoenix Union High School District …$13,194Mesa Public Schools$12,121Paradise Valley Unified$11,848Scottsdale Unified School District …$11,306Chandler Unified$11,085Deer Valley Unified$10,940Gilbert Public Schools$10,928Dysart Unified District (4243)$10,550Peoria Unified$10,026State median, 1,000+ students $10,493
Current spending per student, largest Arizona districts, FY23Tucson Unified $13,783; Phoenix Union High School District (4286) $13,194; Mesa Public Schools $12,121; Paradise Valley Unified $11,848; Scottsdale Unified School District 48 $11,306; Chandler Unified $11,085; Deer Valley Unified $10,940; Gilbert Public Schools $10,928; Dysart Unified District (4243) $10,550; Peoria Unified $10,026; State median, 1,000+ students $10,493.8k12k16kTucson Unified$13,783Phoenix Union High School District (4286)$13,194Mesa Public Schools$12,121Paradise Valley Unified$11,848Scottsdale Unified School District 48$11,306Chandler Unified$11,085Deer Valley Unified$10,940Gilbert Public Schools$10,928Dysart Unified District (4243)$10,550Peoria Unified$10,026State median, 1,000+ students $10,493
Current spending per student, largest Arizona districts, FY23Tucson Unified $13,783; Phoenix Union High School District (4286) $13,194; Mesa Public Schools $12,121; Paradise Valley Unified $11,848; Scottsdale Unified School District 48 $11,306; Chandler Unified $11,085; Deer Valley Unified $10,940; Gilbert Public Schools $10,928; Dysart Unified District (4243) $10,550; Peoria Unified $10,026; State median, 1,000+ students $10,493.8k12k16kTucson Unified$13,783Phoenix Union High School District (428…$13,194Mesa Public Schools$12,121Paradise Valley Unified$11,848Scottsdale Unified School District 48$11,306Chandler Unified$11,085Deer Valley Unified$10,940Gilbert Public Schools$10,928Dysart Unified District (4243)$10,550Peoria Unified$10,026State median, 1,000+ students $10,493

Where the money came from

$420,673,000 in revenue: 44.4% state, 44.2% local and 11.5% federal. Total spending including $42,452,000 of capital outlay was $402,985,000, or $12,524 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Deer Valley Unified School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $186,678,000; Local $185,787,000; Federal $48,208,000; total $420,673,000.
  • State$186,678,000 44%
  • Local$185,787,000 44%
  • Federal$48,208,000 11%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 157 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

33,199 students in 2022-23, 32,837 students in 2023-24, 32,265 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Deer Valley Unified School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 33,199, 2023-24: 32,837, 2024-25: 32,265010k20k30k40k2022-2333,1992023-2432,8372024-2532,265
Deer Valley Unified School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 33,199, 2023-24: 32,837, 2024-25: 32,265010k20k30k40k2022-2333,1992023-2432,8372024-2532,265
Deer Valley Unified School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 33,199, 2023-24: 32,837, 2024-25: 32,265010k20k30k40k2022-2333,1992023-2432,8372024-2532,265
Deer Valley Unified School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 33,199, 2023-24: 32,837, 2024-25: 32,265010k20k30k40k2022-2333,1992023-2432,8372024-2532,265

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2333,1991907.017.4
2023-2432,8371927.217.0
2024-2532,2651916.616.8

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

$133,363,000 in teacher salaries in fiscal year 2022-23, $4,145 per student

Deer Valley Unified School District booked $133,363,000 of teacher salaries in its 2022-23 finance report and counted 1,907 full-time teachers in its Common Core of Data district staff file for 2022-23 (the school files behind the staffing figures on this page count teachers separately, so the two can differ), or $69,933 of salary spending per teacher. That is more than 80 in 100 Arizona districts with a figure (state median $62,248, 172 districts). It is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, so the result can differ widely from the average salary the district publishes (its salary schedule gives pay); benefits are left out, and states book salaries differently, so compare districts within one state. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Arizona teacher salary at $54,580 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).

ProgramTeacher salariesShare
Regular programs$107,864,00080.9%
Special education$25,100,00018.8%
Vocational$399,0000.3%

Teacher salaries per student, fiscal years 2018-19 to 2022-23

The district's teacher salary bill divided by its fall enrollment each year: $3,417 in 2018-19, $3,430 in 2019-20, $3,314 in 2020-21, $3,758 in 2021-22, $4,145 in 2022-23.

Deer Valley Unified School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,417, 2019-20: $3,430, 2020-21: $3,314, 2021-22: $3,758, 2022-23: $4,14502k4k6k2018-19$3,4172019-20$3,4302020-21$3,3142021-22$3,7582022-23$4,145
Deer Valley Unified School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,417, 2019-20: $3,430, 2020-21: $3,314, 2021-22: $3,758, 2022-23: $4,14502k4k6k2018-19$3,4172019-20$3,4302020-21$3,3142021-22$3,7582022-23$4,145
Deer Valley Unified School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,417, 2019-20: $3,430, 2020-21: $3,314, 2021-22: $3,758, 2022-23: $4,14502k4k6k2018-19$3,4172019-20$3,4302020-21$3,3142021-22$3,7582022-23$4,145
Deer Valley Unified School District teacher salaries per student by fiscal year2018-19: $3,417, 2019-20: $3,430, 2020-21: $3,314, 2021-22: $3,758, 2022-23: $4,14502k4k6k2018-19$3,4172019-20$3,4302020-21$3,3142021-22$3,7582022-23$4,145

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal years 2019 to 2023: teacher salaries in regular, special, vocational and other programs (Z35 to Z38) and fall membership (V33); NCES Common Core of Data LEA staff file 2022-23, teachers (full-time equivalent).

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Deer Valley Unified School District scored proficient or above: 56% in reading and 52% in math, against 40.4% in reading and 34.8% in math across Arizona. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Arizona, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtArizonaStudents tested
Reading and language arts56%40.4%17,274
Math52%34.8%17,326

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

95% of the 2,575 students in Deer Valley Unified School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 77.8% across Arizona. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtArizona
Four-year graduation rate95%77.8%
Students in the class2,57593,470

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

31 elementary schools, 19,146 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Highland Lakes School1,09116.518.0%Not Title I
West Wing School96318.16.9%Not Title I
Terramar Academy of the Arts93417.210.9%Not Title I
Sierra Verde STEAM Academy93218.812.9%Not Title I
Sonoran Foothills School92118.112.0%Not Title I
Stetson Hills School88717.712.0%Not Title I
Union Park School87317.510.9%Not Title I
Canyon Springs STEM Academy80516.615.0%Not Title I
Inspiration Mountain School78918.87.8%Not reported
Diamond Canyon School74016.610.9%Not Title I
Paseo Hills School68915.647.0%Schoolwide program
Copper Creek Elementary School68818.111.0%Not Title I
The other 19 elementary schools
SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Legend Springs Elementary68517.614.9%Not Title I
Norterra Canyon School60116.419.9%Not Title I
Desert Sage Elementary School59414.517.9%Not Title I
Sunset Ridge School56316.416.0%Not Title I
Constitution Elementary School54514.865.0%Schoolwide program
Arrowhead Elementary School51513.734.9%Schoolwide program
Park Meadows Elementary School49513.444.0%Schoolwide program
Las Brisas Elementary School48013.714.9%Not Title I
Gavilan Peak School47313.29.9%Not Title I
Mirage Elementary School45413.640.9%Schoolwide program
Greenbrier Elementary School45215.430.9%Schoolwide program
Esperanza Elementary School44312.546.9%Schoolwide program
Village Meadows Elementary School44116.661.9%Schoolwide program
Desert Mountain School43815.916.9%Not Title I
Sunrise Elementary School42614.954.9%Schoolwide program
Mountain Shadows Elementary School42613.539.0%Schoolwide program
Anthem School40014.811.9%Not Title I
Traditional Academy at Bellair24113.732.9%Eligible, no program
New River Elementary School16212.921.9%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

3 middle schools, 1,820 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Hillcrest Middle School73219.510.9%Not Title I
Desert Sky Middle School64022.536.9%Schoolwide program
Deer Valley Middle School44816.652.0%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

5 high schools, 11,011 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Mountain Ridge High School2,82323.97.0%Not Title I
Sandra Day O'Connor High School2,65824.510.0%Not Title I
Boulder Creek High School2,22123.110.0%Not Title I
Deer Valley High School1,7079.231.0%Eligible, no program
Barry Goldwater High School1,60218.142.0%Schoolwide program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

2 other schools, 288 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Aspire Deer Valley's Online Academy22511.4not reportedEligible, no program
Vista Peak634.850.9%Eligible, no program

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

Contact Deer Valley Unified School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Deer Valley Unified School District

  1. Arizona districts by spending per studentDeer Valley Unified School District ranks 58 of 157 Arizona districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($10,940).#58 of 157
  2. Every school district in ArizonaDeer Valley Unified School District is the number 6 by size of 661 Arizona districts, with 33,199 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#6 of 661
  3. Gilbert Public SchoolsThe next larger Arizona district: 33,281 students in fall 2022, $10,928 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$10,928
  4. Paradise Valley Unified School DistrictThe next smaller Arizona district: 27,919 students in fall 2022, $11,848 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,848
  5. Compare Deer Valley Unified School District with Gilbert Public SchoolsEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Mountain Ridge High School, its largest high school2,823 students in 2024-25, 23.9 per teacher.2,823
  7. Teacher salary spending across ArizonaDeer Valley Unified School District spent $69,933 in salaries per full-time teacher in fiscal year 2022-23 (state median $62,248); spending, not a salary.$69,933
  8. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Deer Valley Unified School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Deer Valley Unified School District?
    41 schools were open in 2024-25 (31 elementary, 3 middle, 5 high, 2 other), enrolling 32,265 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Deer Valley Unified School District spend per student?
    $10,940 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Arizona median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $10,493 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $11,444 per student, up 7.9% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Deer Valley Unified School District's money come from?
    $420,673,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 44.4% state, 44.2% local and 11.5% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Deer Valley Unified School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 3,428 of the 46,618 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 7.4%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How much does Deer Valley Unified School District spend on teacher salaries?
    $133,363,000 in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), or $4,145 per student. Divided by the 1,907 full-time teachers in the NCES Common Core of Data for 2022-23 that is $69,933 per teacher, more than 80 in 100 Arizona districts (state median $62,248). That is spending, not what a teacher is paid: the salary lines and the teacher count come from different files, and the result can differ widely from the average salary a district publishes. The district's salary schedule gives pay. For pay, the National Education Association put the average Arizona teacher salary at $54,580 in 2021-22 (NCES Digest table 211.60).
  6. How do students in Deer Valley Unified School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Deer Valley Unified School District scored proficient or above: 56% in reading and 52% in math, against 40.4% in reading and 34.8% in math across Arizona. Arizona's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  7. What is the graduation rate in Deer Valley Unified School District?
    95% of the 2,575 students in Deer Valley Unified School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 77.8% across Arizona. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  8. What is Deer Valley Unified School District's NCES district ID?
    0407750. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • NCES Digest of Education Statistics, table 211.60 (2021-22): the state's average teacher salary, from the National Education Association. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

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