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Desert Wind Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
35565 W Honeycutt Rd
Maricopa, AZ 85138
Phone
(520) 568-7110
District
Maricopa Unified School District (4441)
County
PINAL COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
903
Classroom Teachers
45

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Arizona

2

(10 is best)

Better than 14.4% of all AZ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

2

(10 is best)

Desert Wind Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 6

50 40 30 20 10 0
20%
40%
30%
44%
9%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 7

50 40 30 20 10 0
23%
38%
30%
43%
15%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

50 40 30 20 10 0
17%
35%
23%
38%
11%
31%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
18
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 286 31.7%
Grade 7 309 34.2%
Grade 8 308 34.1%
Total 903 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 26.3% 27.2% 36.4%
Black 21.7% 16.8% 5.9%
Hispanic 45.8% 48.8% 49.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.3% 2.3% 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 3.9% 5.0% 5.5%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported 44.8%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 37.8%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 7.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 66,948 7,431,344
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 423.1 64
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 6.2% 5.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD 23.3% 19.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.8% 33.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.7% 23.8%
65 OR OLDER 14.0% 18.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 21,100 2,796,790
Single Parent Households With Children 10.7% 8.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.5% 89.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.9% 32.6%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.8% 19.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 27.2% 18.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 18.6% 13.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.9% 17.0%
$30,000 - $49,999 8.9% 14.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.7% 9.6%
$15,000 or less 3.9% 7.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $4,148 $38,269,000 31.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $843 $7,781,000 6.3%
Staff $451 $4,157,000 3.4%
General Administration $74 $683,000 0.6%
School Administration $324 $2,986,000 2.4%
Operation $831 $7,670,000 6.2%
Transportation $417 $3,847,000 3.1%
Other $418 $3,852,000 3.1%
Total Support $3,358 $30,976,000 25.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,822 $53,712,000 43.7%
Total Expenditures $13,329 $122,957,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $5,028 $5,737,989,000 45.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $769 $877,539,000 6.9%
Staff $469 $535,813,000 4.2%
General Administration $189 $215,431,000 1.7%
School Administration $504 $575,332,000 4.5%
Operation $1,055 $1,204,512,000 9.5%
Transportation $289 $329,985,000 2.6%
Other $428 $488,733,000 3.8%
Total Support $3,704 $4,227,345,000 33.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,420 $2,761,833,000 21.7%
Total Expenditures $11,151 $12,727,167,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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