Cactus Shadows High School
Scottsdale, AZ · High School · Grades 8-12
Cactus Shadows High School is a high school in Scottsdale, AZ with 1,588 students enrolled and a 70% proficiency rate. Part of Cave Creek Unified District (4244). NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Cactus Shadows High School is a high school located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school serves 1,588 students in grades 8-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 70% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading. The school reports a 83% graduation rate.
6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Cactus Shadows High School is part of the Cave Creek Unified District (4244) in Arizona.
How This School Compares
Cactus Shadows High School has 1,588 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Cave Creek Unified District (4244) (562 students). Its 70% proficiency rate is 6 percentage points above the district average of 64%. Compared to the Arizona state average of 48%, the school performs 22 points higher. The 20.9:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
Frequently Asked Questions
Cactus Shadows High School has 1,588 students enrolled in grades 8-12. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 70% of students at Cactus Shadows High School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Cactus Shadows High School has a 83% graduation rate, measuring the percentage of students who graduate within four years.
Cactus Shadows High School is part of the Cave Creek Unified District (4244) in Scottsdale, Arizona. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
Every number on this page links back to NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the methodology page describes the inputs, refresh cadence, and known limitations of the underlying data product.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.