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Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Desert Canyon Middle School, Scottsdale, AZ

Desert Canyon Middle School is a public middle school in Scottsdale, part of Scottsdale Unified District (4240). It enrolled 423 students in 2024-25, with 15.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
423
Teachers (FTE)
28.0
Students per teacher
15.1
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.2 lower than the district figure of 16.3. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school15.1
District16.3
Arizona17.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
10203 E McDowell Mtn Ranch Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85255
Phone
(480)484-4600
District
Scottsdale Unified District (4240)
County
Maricopa County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Midsize
NCES school ID
040757000603
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
57Students 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

Other middle schools in Scottsdale Unified District (4240)

Middle 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.