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Imagine Desert West Elementary, Phoenix, AZ

Charter schoolCEP schoolImagine Desert West Elementary is a public elementary school in Phoenix, part of Imagine Charter Elementary at Desert West Inc. (88367). It enrolled 714 students in 2024-25, with 23.8 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
714
Teachers (FTE)
30.0
Students per teacher
23.8
Grades
K to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 23.8. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school23.8
District23.8
Arizona17.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
6738 W McDowell Rd, Phoenix, AZ 85035
Phone
(623)344-7150
District
Imagine Charter Elementary at Desert West Inc. (88367)
County
Maricopa County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
040043802653
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
518Students 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

Elementary schools elsewhere in Phoenix

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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.