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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Desert Oasis Elementary School, Surprise, AZ

Desert Oasis Elementary School is a public elementary school in Surprise, part of Nadaburg Unified School District (4252). It enrolled 753 students in 2024-25, with 10.5 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
753
Teachers (FTE)
72.0
Students per teacher
10.5
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 0.6 higher than the district figure of 9.9. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school10.5
District9.9
Arizona17.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
17161 W Bajada Rd, Surprise, AZ 85387
Phone
(623)556-5880
District
Nadaburg Unified School District (4252)
County
Maricopa County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
040546002875
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
293Students 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 elementary schools in Nadaburg Unified School District (4252)

Elementary schools elsewhere in Surprise

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.