Sandra Day O'Connor High School

Sandra Day O'Connor High School is a high school in Glendale, AZ that enrolls 2,567 students in grades 7-12, putting it among the larger public campuses in the Deer Valley Unified District (4246). That headcount is above the 810-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 68% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That is 12 points above the 57% average for the Deer Valley Unified District (4246). Against the 48% Arizona statewide average, the school sits 20 points higher.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 28 points. As a high school, it reports a 90% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 24.7 to 1, near the high end of the national distribution; NCES counts every certified teacher, so this figure includes specialists as well as classroom staff. A relatively low 13% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.