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Cactus Shadows High School, Scottsdale, AZ

Cactus Shadows High School is a public high school in Scottsdale, part of Cave Creek Unified District (4244). It enrolled 1,362 students in 2024-25, with 21.0 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
1,362
Teachers (FTE)
65.0
Students per teacher
21.0
Grades
8 to 12

This school's ratio is 3.2 higher than the district figure of 17.8. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school21.0
District17.8
Arizona17.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
5802 E. Dove Valley Rd., Scottsdale, AZ 85266
Phone
(480)575-2400
District
Cave Creek Unified District (4244)
County
Maricopa County
Level
High
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
040000101204
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
113Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

High schools elsewhere in Scottsdale

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.