Desert Shadows Middle School
Scottsdale, AZ · Middle School · Grades 6-8
Desert Shadows Middle School is a middle school in Scottsdale, AZ with 780 students enrolled and a 73% proficiency rate. Part of Paradise Valley Unified District (4241). NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Desert Shadows Middle School is a middle school located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school serves 780 students in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 73% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Desert Shadows Middle School is part of the Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) in Arizona.
How This School Compares
Desert Shadows Middle School has 780 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) (635 students). Its 73% proficiency rate is 16 percentage points above the district average of 57%. Compared to the Arizona state average of 48%, the school performs 25 points higher. The 20.5:1 student-teacher ratio is above the national average of 16:1.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Desert Shadows Middle School has 780 students enrolled in grades 6-8. The student-to-teacher ratio is 20.5:1.
According to EDFacts data, 73% of students at Desert Shadows Middle School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Desert Shadows Middle School is part of the Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) 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.
For this entity, the underlying data on this page comes from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. The breakdown above is the federal record; the paragraphs below add the per-entity context that makes the headline numbers usable for a real decision rather than just a data lookup.
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For readers using this page as a decision input, the related-entity pages elsewhere on the site provide the comparison set. The most useful comparison for this entity is typically a peer within U.S. public schools and districts with similar size, similar exposure, or similar geography — not the national-level summary alone.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.