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Palo Verde Middle School, Phoenix, AZ

CEP schoolPalo Verde Middle School is a public middle school in Phoenix, part of Washington Elementary School District (4260). It enrolled 797 students in 2024-25, with 18.1 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
797
Teachers (FTE)
44.0
Students per teacher
18.1
Grades
7 to 8

This school's ratio is 1.1 higher than the district figure of 17.0. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school18.1
District17.0
Arizona17.7
United States15.3

School details

Address
7502 N 39th Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85051
Phone
(602)347-2500
District
Washington Elementary School District (4260)
County
Maricopa County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Large
NCES school ID
040906000935
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
450Students 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 Washington Elementary School District (4260)

Middle schools elsewhere in Phoenix

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.