Deer Valley Middle School

Public 7-8

 21100 N 27th Ave
       Phoenix, AZ  85027-2401


(623) 445-3300

District: Deer Valley Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
647th of 854 Arizona Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $5,650 Help


Students who attend Deer Valley Middle School usually attend:

High:    Barry Goldwater High School

Feeder schools for Deer Valley Middle School:

Elementary:    Constitution Elementary School
    Esperanza Elementary School
    Park Meadows Elementary School
    Village Meadows Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  9.3 Help
Number of students:  537

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
47.7%
White:
34.1%
African American:
8.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  64.8% Help


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Compare Details Deer Valley Middle School ranks worse than 75.8% of middle schools in Arizona. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Deer Valley Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.59. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Deer Valley Middle School has the smallest middle school student body size in the Deer Valley Unified District. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (47.7%), White (34.1%), African American (8.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 64.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Deer Valley Unified District. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Deer Valley Middle School is 9.3, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Deer Valley Unified District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Deer Valley Middle School is $5,650. 1 middle schools in the Deer Valley Unified District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Deer Valley Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Deer Valley Middle School 647th of 854 Arizona public middle schools. (See Deer Valley Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Deer Valley Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Deer Valley Unified District 96th of 540 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Deer Valley Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 48.65 334th 663 49.6%
2010 55.83 281st 692 59.4%
2011 52.39 321st 685 53.1%
2012 46.31 419th 772 45.7%
2013 55.73 341st 787 56.7%
2014 58.57 271st 690 60.7%
2015 30.11 338th 521 35.1%
2016 38.53 374th 677 44.8%
2017 33.14 429th 695 38.3%
2018 30.00 475th 711 33.2%
2019 22.51 458th 605 24.3%
2021 39.87 426th 832 48.8%
2022 16.29 511th 605 15.5%
2023 22.59 647th 854 24.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 34.68 432nd 650 33.5%
2023 6.58 382nd 384 0.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 52.30 85th 606 86.0%
2023 28.80 89th 145 38.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 43.39 371st 789 53.0%
2023 18.44 328th 363 9.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.00 347th 503 31.0%
2022 18.53 323rd 369 12.5%
2023 22.95 580th 717 19.1%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 70.20 18th 257 93.0%
2023 20.02 53rd 64 17.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.82 396th 624 36.5%
2019 20.90 360th 466 22.7%
2021 42.07 407th 820 50.4%
2022 15.55 439th 494 11.1%
2023 23.10 619th 806 23.2%
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Rank History for Foster Care students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 31.16 129th 166 22.3%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 58.29 26th 68 61.8%
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Rank History for Male students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 25.57 439th 617 28.8%
2019 15.03 376th 435 13.6%
2021 39.92 419th 818 48.8%
2022 12.07 432nd 476 9.2%
2023 20.50 658th 810 18.8%
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Rank History for Asian students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 25.46 342nd 404 15.3%
2023 28.91 203rd 247 17.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.43 105th 125 16.0%
2021 28.74 443rd 573 22.7%
2023 9.56 394th 400 1.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.18 352nd 543 35.2%
2019 22.98 308th 387 20.4%
2021 43.56 369th 802 54.0%
2022 19.11 333rd 392 15.1%
2023 21.52 622nd 760 18.2%
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Rank History for Native American students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 36.72 239th 390 38.7%
2023 25.94 110th 159 30.8%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 34.61 66th 108 38.9%
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Rank History for White students at Deer Valley Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.44 388th 436 11.0%
2019 7.30 321st 337 4.7%
2021 45.04 400th 780 48.7%
2022 7.64 429th 446 3.8%
2023 16.81 610th 675 9.6%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Reviews:
by a student
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Open Quote This school is not as bad as people as people say, a few bad teachers i had brought this review to 4 stars. The teacher who we will call Mrs. Violence actually threatened to put my head through the board for tossing the eraser into the air Close Quote


by a parent
Monday, September 26, 2011

Open Quote I have to say I am really disappointed with this school. My son has had several issue with bullying and inapropriate comments from some of the teachers there. Last year I had a teacher make a racist comment in my sons classroom to him. I called the teacher several times never got a return call. When I called the principle he said he would look into the issue but never even called me back even after I left several messages. That says a lot about a school when the principle doesnt even care! I do have to say the assistant principle when I contacted her addressed the issue right away. She seems to care a lot but I stil have been in at least 4 times this year for the bullying issue. These schools dont hold the adults more accountable for what goes on in there classes so the kids see this and continue to do the same thing over and over. Dont get me wrong it starts at home with the Parent but Accountability is very important if these adults do teach this kids this soon I fear this issue is going to get much worse. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Deer Valley Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 958 2 6 22 1 n/a n/a 26 1015
1989 1014 7 7 37 5 n/a n/a -55 1015
1990 989 12 13 49 4 n/a n/a -34 1033
1991 1002 10 14 62 7 n/a n/a -174 921
1992 883 13 10 54 9 n/a n/a 0 969
1993 923 8 17 56 5 n/a n/a 0 1009
1994 843 19 10 70 4 n/a n/a 0 946
1995 796 14 9 108 6 n/a n/a 0 933
1996 796 14 9 108 6 n/a n/a 0 933
1997 762 10 13 98 10 n/a n/a 0 893
1998 774 18 13 104 11 n/a n/a 0 920
1999 798 23 19 127 13 n/a n/a 0 980
2000 780 27 18 131 16 n/a n/a 0 972
2001 820 37 27 179 15 n/a n/a 0 1078
2002 797 50 23 199 14 n/a n/a 0 1083
2003 797 50 23 199 14 n/a n/a 0 1083
2004 738 37 24 211 14 n/a n/a 0 1024
2005 715 36 22 256 17 n/a n/a 0 1046
2006 641 42 22 245 22 n/a n/a 0 972
2007 604 39 27 276 19 n/a n/a 0 965
2008 581 38 25 294 12 n/a n/a 0 950
2009 502 43 28 261 10 n/a n/a 0 844
2010 428 39 19 218 8 n/a n/a 0 712
2011 404 35 15 270 9 3 19 0 755
2012 356 42 16 297 13 4 15 0 743
2013 333 41 9 274 9 3 12 0 681
2014 331 27 8 269 9 2 13 0 659
2015 272 44 9 268 8 2 13 0 616
2016 261 44 9 259 10 4 10 0 597
2017 256 45 13 252 8 4 16 0 594
2018 222 45 10 226 8 6 18 0 535
2019 216 51 6 264 17 5 16 0 575
2020 241 55 8 261 18 6 25 0 614
2021 164 35 11 198 11 5 18 0 442
2022 190 62 7 262 17 5 32 0 575
2023 183 47 6 256 19 4 22 0 537

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Deer Valley Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1015 43.0 23.6 n/a
1989 1015 42.0 24.1 n/a
1990 1033 44.0 23.4 n/a
1991 921 43.0 21.4 n/a
1992 969 52.4 18.4 n/a
1993 1009 52.0 19.4 n/a
1994 946 54.5 17.4 n/a
1995 933 53.8 17.3 n/a
1996 933 53.8 17.3 n/a
1997 893 51.0 17.5 n/a
1998 920 47.0 19.6 n/a
1999 980 49.8 19.7 n/a
2000 972 54.0 18.0 n/a
2001 1078 55.0 19.6 n/a
2002 1083 54.0 20.1 38.6
2003 1083 54.0 20.1 38.6
2004 1024 51.6 19.8 49.9
2005 1046 52.9 19.8 17.2
2006 972 51.8 18.8 18.3
2007 965 48.6 19.9 19.3
2008 950 48.6 19.5 0.2
2009 844 50.0 16.9 39.8
2010 712 44.8 15.8 49.4
2011 755 43.0 17.5 47.5
2012 743 39.0 19.0 49.9
2013 681 33.2 20.5 n/a
2014 659 33.1 19.9 64.6
2015 616 32.0 19.2 68.3
2016 597 32.0 18.6 71.9
2017 594 27.0 22.0 69.5
2018 535 27.5 19.4 68.8
2019 575 28.0 20.5 68.9
2020 614 31.1 19.7 70.8
2021 442 31.9 13.8 n/a
2022 575 24.8 23.1 28.3
2023 537 57.2 9.3 64.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Deer Valley Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1015 43.0 23.6 n/a
1989 1015 42.0 24.1 n/a
1990 1033 44.0 23.4 n/a
1991 921 43.0 21.4 n/a
1992 969 52.4 18.4 n/a
1993 1009 52.0 19.4 n/a
1994 946 54.5 17.4 n/a
1995 933 53.8 17.3 n/a
1996 933 53.8 17.3 n/a
1997 893 51.0 17.5 n/a
1998 920 47.0 19.6 n/a
1999 980 49.8 19.7 n/a
2000 972 54.0 18.0 n/a
2001 1078 55.0 19.6 n/a
2002 1083 54.0 20.1 38.6
2003 1083 54.0 20.1 38.6
2004 1024 51.6 19.8 49.9
2005 1046 52.9 19.8 17.2
2006 972 51.8 18.8 18.3
2007 965 48.6 19.9 19.3
2008 950 48.6 19.5 0.2
2009 844 50.0 16.9 39.8
2010 712 44.8 15.8 49.4
2011 755 43.0 17.5 47.5
2012 743 39.0 19.0 49.9
2013 681 33.2 20.5 n/a
2014 659 33.1 19.9 64.6
2015 616 32.0 19.2 68.3
2016 597 32.0 18.6 71.9
2017 594 27.0 22.0 69.5
2018 535 27.5 19.4 68.8
2019 575 28.0 20.5 68.9
2020 614 31.1 19.7 70.8
2021 442 31.9 13.8 n/a
2022 575 24.8 23.1 28.3
2023 537 57.2 9.3 64.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Deer Valley Middle School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $496 (6.4%) $54 (0.7%) $1,047 (13.6%) $5,827 (75.7%) $1,323 (17.2%) $7,150 (92.9%) $7,700
2020 $574 (10.0%) $236 (4.1%) $1,384 (24.1%) $4,602 (80.3%) $321 (5.6%) $4,922 (85.9%) $5,733
2021 $701 (10.6%) $530 (8.0%) $1,933 (29.2%) $5,448 (82.2%) n/a $5,398 (81.4%) $6,629
2022 $520 (9.2%) $19 (0.3%) $1,059 (18.7%) $4,683 (82.9%) $428 (7.6%) $5,111 (90.5%) $5,650

Data source: Arizona Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Deer Valley Middle School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
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Ranks 458th of 605 Middle schoolsRanks 647th of 854 Middle schools
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Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students575537
 6.6%
African American5147
 7.8%
American Indian1719
 11.8%
Asian66
Hispanic264256
 3%
Pacific Islander54
 20%
White216183
 15.3%
Two or More Races1622
 37.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients68.9%64.8%
 4.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Deer Valley Middle School

Deer Valley Middle School ranks in the bottom 24.2% of Arizona middle schools.

In the 2022-23 school year, 537 students attended Deer Valley Middle School.

Students who attend Deer Valley Middle School usually go on to attend Barry Goldwater High School

Students at Deer Valley Middle School are 48% Hispanic, 34% White, 9% African American, 4% Two or more races, 4% American Indian, 1% Asian.


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