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Desert View Academy

Q: Is Desert View Academy a good school?

Desert View Academy ranks 232 nd of 909 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades K-6

232^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 909 Arizona Elementary Schools

Better than 74% of Arizona elementary schools

Summary

Desert View Academy is a public charter elementary school serving grades K-6 in Yuma, Arizona. It is part of the Juniper Tree Academy District, which is ranked 83 out of 289 districts in the state and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger. Desert View Academy has consistently maintained a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger over the past 10 school years, ranking in the top 25% of Arizona elementary schools.

Desert View Academy consistently outperforms the state average in proficiency rates for English Language Arts and Mathematics across grades 3-5. In 2024-2025, the school's projected proficiency rates are 50% in 3rd grade ELA, 59% in 4th grade ELA, and 54% in 5th grade ELA, compared to the state averages of 36%, 46%, and 38%, respectively. Similarly, in Mathematics, Desert View Academy's projected proficiency rates are 66% in 3rd grade, 53% in 4th grade, and 48% in 5th grade, compared to the state averages of 42%, 40%, and 37%. The school also performs well in Science, with a projected 52% proficiency rate in 5th grade AzSCI, compared to the state average of 34%.

When compared to the nearby schools in the Crane Elementary District and Yuma Elementary District, Desert View Academy consistently outperforms these schools in academic proficiency rates, particularly in English Language Arts and Mathematics. For example, in 4th grade ELA, Desert View Academy's projected proficiency rate of 59% is significantly higher than the 37-42% range of the nearby schools.

881

Students ?

20.0

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,414

Per pupil spending ?

45.9%

Free/discounted lunch ?

3777 W 16th St
Yuma, AZ 85364-4502

(928) 314-1102

District: Juniper Tree Academy

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

75.8%

White:

19.6%

African American:

1.2%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 71st percentile in 2015 → 74th in 2025

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Arizona average (55% vs 39% meeting standards)

✓Above the Arizona median (74th percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school55%

District avg55%

Arizona avg39%

232^nd of 909

Arizona public elementary schools ?

Top 26%▲ up 3 pts since 2015

From top 29% (2015) to top 26% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

83^rd of 289Juniper Tree Academy among Arizona districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	72.2	232 of 909	74.5%	★★★★☆
2024	72.9	218 of 912	76.1%	★★★★☆
2023	77.8	256 of 1245	79.4%	★★★★☆
2022	65.9	292 of 1000	70.8%	★★★★☆
2021	76.4	277 of 1226	77.4%	★★★★☆
2019	77.3	236 of 1039	77.3%	★★★★☆
2018	78.6	237 of 1109	78.6%	★★★★☆
2017	80.0	218 of 1106	80.3%	★★★★☆
2016	84.6	162 of 1079	85.0%	★★★★☆
2015	68.4	274 of 955	71.3%	★★★★☆
2014	78.9	223 of 1079	79.3%	★★★★☆
2013	79.6	190 of 1158	83.6%	★★★★☆
2012	75.2	262 of 1141	77.0%	★★★★☆
2011	80.2	205 of 1075	80.9%	★★★★☆
2010	74.0	277 of 1090	74.6%	★★★★☆
2009	77.8	233 of 1062	78.1%	★★★★☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	87.6	25 of 607	95.9%	★★★★★
2022	83.6	17 of 289	94.1%	★★★★★
2021	84.4	33 of 895	96.3%	★★★★★

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	59.6	106 of 316	66.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	68.1	74 of 270	72.6%	★★★★☆
2021	62.1	225 of 620	63.7%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	41.2	204 of 451	54.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	53.1	152 of 975	84.4%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	50.4	269 of 589	54.3%	★★★☆☆
2024	49.5	279 of 602	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	75.4	261 of 1219	78.6%	★★★★☆
2022	59.7	310 of 824	62.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	69.9	329 of 1219	73.0%	★★★★☆
2019	64.4	284 of 862	67.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	71.6	292 of 1023	71.5%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	67.0	141 of 496	71.6%	★★★★☆
2024	74.4	109 of 486	77.6%	★★★★☆
2023	80.0	164 of 1170	86.0%	★★★★☆
2022	65.7	241 of 716	66.3%	★★★☆☆
2021	77.2	169 of 1198	85.9%	★★★★☆
2019	78.8	133 of 709	81.2%	★★★★☆
2018	77.1	165 of 911	81.9%	★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	70.2	132 of 549	76.0%	★★★★☆
2024	69.8	122 of 556	78.1%	★★★★☆
2023	72.6	201 of 1116	82.0%	★★★★☆
2022	58.1	256 of 618	58.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	73.4	153 of 820	81.3%	★★★★☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	60.9	215 of 626	65.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	67.2	173 of 628	72.5%	★★★★☆
2023	76.3	257 of 1216	78.9%	★★★★☆
2022	61.6	282 of 830	66.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	79.6	219 of 1220	82.0%	★★★★☆
2019	75.9	178 of 850	79.1%	★★★★☆
2018	79.6	217 of 1032	79.0%	★★★★☆

Military Connected

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	78.8	16 of 145	89.0%	★★★★☆
2022	91.6	4 of 101	96.0%	★★★★★
2021	70.6	44 of 239	81.6%	★★★★☆
2019	63.1	2 of 4	50.0%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	49.0	471 of 1027	54.1%	★★★☆☆

Native American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	41.7	305 of 654	53.4%	★★★☆☆

Pacific Islander

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	73.4	21 of 171	87.7%	★★★★☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	40.0	460 of 820	43.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	47.7	476 of 1201	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	75.0	49 of 417	88.2%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2025	82.2	44 of 465	90.5%	★★★★★
2024	72.6	105 of 486	78.4%	★★★★☆
2023	70.4	253 of 1024	75.3%	★★★★☆
2022	63.5	242 of 800	69.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	78.0	199 of 1161	82.9%	★★★★☆
2019	61.6	210 of 595	64.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	79.6	126 of 720	82.5%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

African American (2023)96th percentile+16 vs school

White (2025)91st percentile+16 vs school

Military Connected (2023)89th percentile+10 vs school

Pacific Islander (2021)88th percentile+10 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)76th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)72nd percentile-3 vs school

Asian (2023)66th percentile-13 vs school

Male (2025)66th percentile-9 vs school

English Language Learner (2023)55th percentile-25 vs school

Female (2025)54th percentile-20 vs school

Multi-racial (2021)54th percentile-23 vs school

Native American (2021)53rd percentile-24 vs school

Special Education (2023)44th percentile-36 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics56%+16 vs state

English Language Arts54%+14 vs state

Science52%+18 vs state

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What people are saying

by a parent
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Great school and great teachers. Courteous staff and administration. Close Quote

by a parent
Monday, March 12, 2012

We have had nothing but problems with the staff at this school.

The second day of school our kindergartener got a note home from school that she was not participating enough in class. At that age, if she is not crying in a corner on the second day of school, she's doing great since she has likely never been away from her parents!

My other child was yelled at by the librarian for not completing a book report type test after returning a library book, a test she was not told she had to take until after she was yelled at.

At one point our son's entire class was given detention every day for 3 weeks, but we were never informed that there were any problems until my son came home crying that he hated school (something he's never had a problem with before) and we had to contact the school to get more info. That is not an issue with the kids, that is an issue with the teacher's classroom management skills.

After that we had a meeting with the entire 6th grade staff, the principal and character ed teacher. They assured us they would contact us on any issues with our kids. They informed us if my daughter wore the wrong color tights, or forgot lunch money, but then an incident happened where they failed to contact us. This incident is a huge deal to us, and they failed in a big way. We are appalled at how poorly they handled this, and highly recommend against sending your kids here. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)						AASA Mathematics (2025)						AzSCI Science (2025)		Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Desert View Academy	Public, Charter	K-6	3777 W 16th St	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Juniper Tree Academy	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 314-1102	881	44	20.0		173 (19.6%)	11 (1.2%)	668 (75.8%)	11 (1.2%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	7 (0.8%)	72.2	232^nd of 909 public elementary schools	74.5%		72.9	218^th of 912 public elementary schools	76.1%	14	50.0	59.0	54.0				66.0	53.0	48.0				52.0		$9,414	$654	$1,709	$3,017	$5,700	$1,351	$7,051
H L Suverkrup Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1590 S Avenue C	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-3500	502	22	22.8		43 (8.6%)	2 (0.4%)	443 (88.2%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.0%)	38.7	476^th of 909 public elementary schools	47.6%		35.5	516^th of 912 public elementary schools	43.4%	40	34.0	53.0	41.0	32.0			39.0	47.0	35.0	20.0			34.0		$9,582	$1,320	$321	$2,961	$6,401	$1,540	$7,941
Crane iLearning Academy	Public, Virtual	PK, KG-8	4250 W 16th St	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	Yes	No	(928) 373-3400	0				0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)															$7,332	$2,498	$265	$5,261	$2,460	$2,110	$4,569
Ronald Reagan Fundamental School	Public	PK, KG-6	3200 W 16th St	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-3700	467	20	23.3		40 (8.6%)	2 (0.4%)	410 (87.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.0%)	29.2	567^th of 909 public elementary schools	37.6%		27.6	603^rd of 912 public elementary schools	33.9%	36		32.0	35.0	46.0					32.0	23.0			24.0		$9,268	$3,036	$289	$6,362	$4,359	$1,584	$5,943
Pueblo Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-8	2803 W 20th St	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-3600	598	27	22.1		66 (11.0%)	10 (1.7%)	489 (81.8%)	9 (1.5%)	4 (0.7%)	3 (0.5%)	17 (2.8%)	34.2	521^st of 909 public elementary schools	42.7%		37.9	496^th of 912 public elementary schools	45.6%	25	34.0	41.0	37.0	37.0	43.0		35.0	47.0	42.0	16.0			26.0		$10,064	$3,624	$333	$7,581	$4,423	$1,684	$6,107
Gowan Science Academy	Public	PK, KG-8	1020 W Avenue C	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(928) 539-1200	816	32	25.9		197 (24.1%)	12 (1.5%)	555 (68.0%)	29 (3.6%)	6 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.1%)	79.8	156^th of 909 public elementary schools	82.8%		74.9	206^th of 912 public elementary schools	77.4%	50	61.0	72.0	69.0	57.0	69.0	70.0	59.0	83.0	66.0	25.0	44.0	55.0	59.0	54.0	$8,651	$936	$257	$2,129	$5,915	$1,543	$7,458
Valley Horizon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4501 W 20th St	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-4000	460	27	17.0		26 (5.7%)	3 (0.7%)	421 (91.5%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.9%)	14.4	797^th of 909 public elementary schools	12.3%					(n/a)		22.0		27.0					24.0						$10,893	$2,698	$407	$5,803	$5,784	$2,004	$7,788
Salida Del Sol Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	910 S Avenue C	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-5600	588	31	18.9		7 (1.2%)	3 (0.5%)	567 (96.4%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	11.1	857^th of 909 public elementary schools	5.7%		11	856^th of 912 public elementary schools	6.1%	1		26.0	15.0	21.0			17.0	20.0	21.0	21.0					$10,264	$1,107	$346	$2,560	$6,999	$1,811	$8,811
Mesquite Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	4451 W. 28th Street	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Crane Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 373-4100	568	24	23.6		66 (11.6%)	6 (1.1%)	468 (82.4%)	14 (2.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (2.1%)	24	643^rd of 909 public elementary schools	29.3%		39.7	481^st of 912 public elementary schools	47.3%	162	31.0	37.0	30.0	37.0			34.0	22.0	22.0	18.0			31.0		$8,510	$1,173	$270	$2,615	$5,501	$1,568	$7,068
Pecan Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	600 S 21st Ave	Yuma	85364	Yuma County	Yuma Elementary District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(928) 502-8051	331	24	14.0		30 (9.1%)	3 (0.9%)	289 (87.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.2%)								(n/a)			31.0												$15,401	$3,232	$1,720	$8,183	$9,217	$1,233	$10,450

Frequently Asked Questions about Desert View Academy

What is the racial makeup of Desert View Academy?

Students at Desert View Academy are 76% Hispanic, 20% White, 1% African American, 1% Asian, 1% American Indian.

Is Desert View Academy a good school?

Desert View Academy ranks 232^nd of 909 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Desert View Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 881 students attended Desert View Academy.

What district is Desert View Academy in?

Juniper Tree Academy

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