Middle · Regular · Grades 6 to 8

Desert Shadows Middle School, Nogales, AZ

CEP schoolDesert Shadows Middle School is a public middle school in Nogales, part of Nogales Unified District (4457). It enrolled 784 students in 2024-25, with 23.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 784
Teachers (FTE): 34.0
Students per teacher: 23.1
Grades: 6 to 8

This school's ratio is 2.2 higher than the district figure of 20.9. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school23.1

District20.9

Arizona17.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 340 Blvd. del Rey David, Nogales, AZ 85621
Phone: (520)377-2646
District: Nogales Unified District (4457)
County: Santa Cruz County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID: 040553001238

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Direct certification: 352Students 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 middle schools in Nogales Unified District (4457)

Wade Carpenter Middle School 547 students

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.