Deer Valley High School

Summary:

Deer Valley High School is a public high school located in Glendale, Arizona, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 1,637 students. The school is part of the Deer Valley Unified District, which is ranked 91 out of 288 districts in Arizona and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Deer Valley High School has a relatively diverse student population, with 53.02% White, 32.19% Hispanic, 6.29% African American, and smaller percentages of Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, and multi-racial students. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is generally below the state and district averages, with only 32% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 26% proficient or better in Mathematics. However, the school has seen a steady improvement in its four-year graduation rates, from 88.8% in 2020-2021 to 93.6% in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average and on par with the district average. The school's dropout rates have increased in recent years, from 1.6% in 2019-2020 to 3.8% in 2021-2022, which is higher than the state and district averages.

The analysis includes several nearby charter schools, such as Thrivepoint High School at Union Hills, Ombudsman Online Academy, and ThrivePoint Online High School. These schools generally have lower academic performance, lower graduation rates, and higher dropout rates compared to Deer Valley High School. Additionally, Deer Valley High School's spending per student has fluctuated over the years, ranging from $6,250 in 2019-2020 to $8,243 in 2018-2019, which is generally lower than the spending at some of the nearby charter schools.


Detail:

Public 7-12

 18424 N 51st Ave
       Glendale, AZ  85308-1443


(602) 467-6700

District: Deer Valley Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
170th of 259 Arizona High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $6,347 Help


Feeder schools for Deer Valley High School:

Elementary:    Arrowhead Elementary School
    Greenbrier Elementary School
    Highland Lakes School
    Mirage Elementary School
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Middle:    Desert Sky Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  11.7 Help
Number of students:  1,637

Racial breakdown:

White:
53.0%
Hispanic:
32.2%
African American:
6.3%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  40% Help


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Compare Details Deer Valley High School ranks worse than 65.6% of high schools in Arizona. It also ranks last among 5 ranked high schools in the Deer Valley Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.42. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Deer Valley High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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 High School has the smallest high school student body size in the Deer Valley Unified District. Racial makeup is: White (53%), Hispanic (32.2%), African American (6.3%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 40% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Deer Valley High School is 11.7, which is the lowest among 5 high schools in the Deer Valley Unified District! (See more...)
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Compare Deer Valley High School employs 139 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Deer Valley High School is $6,347, which is the 2nd highest among 5 high schools in the Deer Valley Unified District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Deer Valley High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Deer Valley High School 170th of 259 Arizona public high schools. (See Deer Valley High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Deer Valley Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Deer Valley Unified District 91st of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Deer Valley High School

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Rank History for all students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 79.06 90th 395 77.2%
2010 75.46 100th 403 75.2%
2011 75.63 102nd 397 74.3%
2012 78.25 94th 471 80.0%
2013 75.03 121st 491 75.4%
2014 76.69 96th 394 75.6%
2015 43.59 123rd 261 52.9%
2016 54.55 130th 406 68.0%
2017 53.03 132nd 416 68.3%
2018 52.46 136th 420 67.6%
2019 44.88 131st 285 54.0%
2021 73.93 103rd 509 79.8%
2022 49.84 170th 464 63.4%
2023 58.06 166th 469 64.6%
2024 31.42 170th 259 34.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 81.58 5th 76 93.4%
2021 66.11 102nd 374 72.7%
2022 26.59 199th 282 29.4%
2023 59.85 64th 199 67.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 44.58 29th 312 90.7%
2022 41.67 53rd 258 79.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.94 67th 155 56.8%
2021 73.73 40th 422 90.5%
2022 37.18 174th 380 54.2%
2023 31.98 97th 172 43.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.76 79th 253 68.8%
2022 44.02 74th 168 56.0%
2023 50.08 150th 347 56.8%
2024 21.84 130th 168 22.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 31.10 69th 168 58.9%
2022 61.32 34th 150 77.3%
2023 24.58 45th 60 25.0%
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Rank History for Female students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.05 121st 354 65.8%
2019 48.25 114th 247 53.8%
2021 66.78 121st 492 75.4%
2022 50.21 168th 456 63.2%
2023 48.24 181st 406 55.4%
2024 30.53 131st 193 32.1%
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Rank History for Foster Care students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 99.84 1st 130 99.2%
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Rank History for Military Connected students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 66.97 23rd 102 77.5%
2022 25.55 99th 125 20.8%
2023 57.27 31st 74 58.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.38 134th 370 63.8%
2019 41.42 124th 238 47.9%
2021 76.95 90th 492 81.7%
2022 45.11 180th 455 60.4%
2023 59.10 157th 429 63.4%
2024 25.68 142nd 207 31.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 50.85 107th 231 53.7%
2022 48.15 122nd 238 48.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.08 36th 122 70.5%
2021 50.37 112th 306 63.4%
2022 42.78 136th 301 54.8%
2023 22.96 160th 201 20.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.81 102nd 311 67.2%
2019 42.66 82nd 183 55.2%
2021 66.73 98th 479 79.5%
2022 44.58 174th 441 60.5%
2023 44.55 187th 379 50.7%
2024 22.28 128th 164 22.0%
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Rank History for Native American students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 64.64 44th 256 82.8%
2022 48.27 82nd 255 67.8%
2023 62.60 41st 128 68.0%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 57.04 51st 129 60.5%
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Rank History for White students at Deer Valley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.09 150th 291 48.5%
2019 38.16 127th 217 41.5%
2021 68.64 116th 448 74.1%
2022 36.49 238th 409 41.8%
2023 44.33 207th 371 44.2%
2024 15.47 155th 174 10.9%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Deer Valley High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 2649 31 13 114 9 n/a n/a -408 2408
1989 2510 38 45 108 4 n/a n/a -693 2012
1990 1934 27 31 79 5 n/a n/a -78 1998
1991 1919 33 36 73 4 n/a n/a 41 2106
1992 2115 37 44 93 4 n/a n/a 0 2293
1993 1699 25 27 133 14 n/a n/a 0 1898
1994 2289 53 39 165 6 n/a n/a 0 2552
1995 2091 52 31 159 7 n/a n/a 0 2340
1996 2091 52 31 159 7 n/a n/a 0 2340
1997 1912 38 34 153 5 n/a n/a 0 2142
1998 1713 41 36 147 9 n/a n/a 0 1946
1999 1705 56 50 165 6 n/a n/a 0 1982
2000 1696 72 54 189 11 n/a n/a 0 2022
2001 1680 76 56 197 19 n/a n/a 0 2028
2002 1812 79 72 226 21 n/a n/a 0 2210
2003 1812 79 72 226 21 n/a n/a 0 2210
2004 1801 90 65 214 18 n/a n/a 0 2188
2005 1774 98 77 260 18 n/a n/a 0 2227
2006 1704 105 80 279 18 n/a n/a 0 2186
2007 1641 121 64 325 26 n/a n/a 0 2177
2008 1598 109 58 325 31 n/a n/a 0 2121
2009 1518 95 51 329 28 n/a n/a 0 2021
2010 1476 96 52 343 26 n/a n/a 0 1993
2011 1341 66 50 400 32 7 48 0 1944
2012 1269 62 43 389 30 4 61 0 1858
2013 1300 73 48 391 32 5 53 0 1902
2014 1261 82 47 379 31 10 57 0 1867
2015 1231 77 43 407 30 8 58 0 1854
2016 1204 74 37 408 26 6 57 0 1812
2017 1085 76 28 421 23 6 59 0 1698
2018 976 78 30 406 26 5 52 0 1573
2019 962 86 42 474 30 6 46 0 1646
2020 860 95 25 471 15 4 78 0 1548
2021 806 91 36 416 22 3 46 0 1420
2022 865 93 40 478 19 4 69 0 1568
2023 868 103 34 527 15 4 86 0 1637

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 High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2408 96.8 24.8 n/a
1989 2012 78.5 25.6 n/a
1990 1998 78.5 25.4 n/a
1991 2106 83.0 25.3 n/a
1992 2293 99.6 23.0 n/a
1993 1898 108.7 17.5 n/a
1994 2552 117.5 21.7 n/a
1995 2340 112.2 20.9 n/a
1996 2340 112.2 20.9 n/a
1997 2142 99.8 21.5 n/a
1998 1946 93.4 20.8 n/a
1999 1982 90.0 22.0 n/a
2000 2022 95.5 21.2 n/a
2001 2028 94.4 21.5 n/a
2002 2210 99.6 22.2 13.8
2003 2210 99.6 22.2 13.8
2004 2188 96.6 22.7 16.5
2005 2227 100.8 22.1 6.5
2006 2186 113.8 19.2 8.3
2007 2177 105.7 20.6 8.7
2008 2121 110.1 19.3 n/a
2009 2021 96.3 21.0 17.3
2010 1993 91.9 21.6 20.8
2011 1944 93.8 20.7 22.8
2012 1858 90.9 20.4 23.6
2013 1902 95.2 19.9 n/a
2014 1867 93.2 20.0 33.4
2015 1854 95.0 19.5 30.5
2016 1812 100.0 18.1 34.9
2017 1698 97.2 17.4 38
2018 1573 112.9 13.9 36.9
2019 1646 119.1 13.8 36
2020 1548 109.8 14.0 39.9
2021 1420 157.7 9.0 n/a
2022 1568 158.1 9.9 16.8
2023 1637 139.0 11.7 40

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 High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 2408 96.8 24.8 n/a
1989 2012 78.5 25.6 n/a
1990 1998 78.5 25.4 n/a
1991 2106 83.0 25.3 n/a
1992 2293 99.6 23.0 n/a
1993 1898 108.7 17.5 n/a
1994 2552 117.5 21.7 n/a
1995 2340 112.2 20.9 n/a
1996 2340 112.2 20.9 n/a
1997 2142 99.8 21.5 n/a
1998 1946 93.4 20.8 n/a
1999 1982 90.0 22.0 n/a
2000 2022 95.5 21.2 n/a
2001 2028 94.4 21.5 n/a
2002 2210 99.6 22.2 13.8
2003 2210 99.6 22.2 13.8
2004 2188 96.6 22.7 16.5
2005 2227 100.8 22.1 6.5
2006 2186 113.8 19.2 8.3
2007 2177 105.7 20.6 8.7
2008 2121 110.1 19.3 n/a
2009 2021 96.3 21.0 17.3
2010 1993 91.9 21.6 20.8
2011 1944 93.8 20.7 22.8
2012 1858 90.9 20.4 23.6
2013 1902 95.2 19.9 n/a
2014 1867 93.2 20.0 33.4
2015 1854 95.0 19.5 30.5
2016 1812 100.0 18.1 34.9
2017 1698 97.2 17.4 38
2018 1573 112.9 13.9 36.9
2019 1646 119.1 13.8 36
2020 1548 109.8 14.0 39.9
2021 1420 157.7 9.0 n/a
2022 1568 158.1 9.9 16.8
2023 1637 139.0 11.7 40

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.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Deer Valley High 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 $604 (7.3%) $80 (1.0%) $1,289 (15.6%) $6,267 (76.0%) $1,292 (15.7%) $7,559 (91.7%) $8,243
2020 $549 (8.8%) $111 (1.8%) $1,209 (19.3%) $5,170 (82.7%) $420 (6.7%) $5,590 (89.4%) $6,250
2021 $555 (8.2%) $463 (6.8%) $1,573 (23.2%) $5,808 (85.8%) n/a $5,755 (85.0%) $6,773
2022 $555 (8.7%) $21 (0.3%) $1,132 (17.8%) $5,372 (84.6%) $398 (6.3%) $5,770 (90.9%) $6,347

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Deer Valley High School

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 131st of 285 High schoolsRanks 166th of 469 High schools
 10.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students16461637
 0.5%
African American86103
 19.8%
American Indian3015
 50%
Asian4234
 19%
Hispanic474527
 11.2%
Pacific Islander64
 33.3%
White962868
 9.8%
Two or More Races4686
 87%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients36%40%
 4%


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Deer Valley High School ranks 170th of 259 Arizona high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Deer Valley High School are 53% White, 32% Hispanic, 6% African American, 5% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,637 students attended Deer Valley 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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