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Desert Hills High School, Gilbert, AZ

Charter schoolCEP schoolDesert Hills High School is a public high school in Gilbert, part of American Charter Schools Foundation d.b.a. Desert (79872). It enrolled 231 students in 2024-25, with 19.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
231
Teachers (FTE)
12.0
Students per teacher
19.2
Grades
9 to 12

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 19.2. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.2
District19.2
Arizona17.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
1515 S Val Vista Dr, Gilbert, AZ 85296
Phone
(480)813-1151
District
American Charter Schools Foundation d.b.a. Desert (79872)
County
Maricopa County
Level
High
Type
Alternative
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
040038401899
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
119Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

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 Gilbert

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.