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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Desert Mirage Elementary School, Glendale, AZ

CEP schoolDesert Mirage Elementary School is a public elementary school in Glendale, part of Pendergast Elementary District (4283). It enrolled 675 students in 2024-25, with 18.2 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
675
Teachers (FTE)
37.0
Students per teacher
18.2
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 18.9. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.2
District18.9
Arizona17.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
8605 W Maryland Ave, Glendale, AZ 85305
Phone
(623)772-2550
District
Pendergast Elementary District (4283)
County
Maricopa County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
040621000304
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
298Students 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

Other elementary schools in Pendergast Elementary District (4283)

Elementary schools elsewhere in Glendale

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.