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Desert Winds High School

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Public Grades 9-12
329
Students ?
32.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
62.6%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1362 N. Casa Grande Ave.
       Casa Grande, AZ  85222

(520) 316-3360

District: Casa Grande Union High School District

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
65.7%
American Indian:
13.4%
White:
12.8%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 17th percentile in 2009 → 6th in 2014
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Arizona average (25% vs 66% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 11 percentile points since 2009
!Math scores 51 pts below the Arizona average
Students meeting standards (2013-2014) ?
This school25%
District avg56%
Arizona avg66%
Not ranked this year
Desert Winds High School did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.
241st of 289Casa Grande Union High School District 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

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArizona percentileRating
20146.3372 of 3945.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201312.9442 of 49110.0%★☆☆☆☆
201220.6378 of 47119.7%★☆☆☆☆
201118.2323 of 39718.6%★☆☆☆☆
20108.7379 of 4036.0%☆☆☆☆☆
200917.3329 of 39516.7%★☆☆☆☆
By subject vs Arizona (2013-2014) ?
Reading53%-33 vs state
Writing30%-45 vs state
Math13%-51 vs state
Science4%-35 vs state

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Students at Desert Winds High School are 66% Hispanic, 13% American Indian, 13% White, 5% African American, 3% Two or more races.

In the 2013-14 school year, 329 students attended Desert Winds High School.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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