High · Regular · Grades 7 to 12

Willow Canyon High School, Surprise, AZ

Willow Canyon High School is a public high school in Surprise, part of Dysart Unified District (4243). It enrolled 1,901 students in 2024-25, with 24.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 1,901
Teachers (FTE): 78.0
Students per teacher: 24.4
Grades: 7 to 12

This school's ratio is 4.4 higher than the district figure of 20.0. The Arizona average across schools is 17.7. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school24.4

District20.0

Arizona17.7

United States15.3

School details

Address: 17901 W Lundberg St, Surprise, AZ 85388
Phone: (623)523-8000
District: Dysart Unified District (4243)
County: Maricopa County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 040269003126

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School meals

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

Direct certification: 515Students 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 high schools in Dysart Unified District (4243)

Valley Vista High School 2,334 students
Shadow Ridge High School 2,212 students
Dysart High School 1,471 students

High schools elsewhere in Surprise

Paradise Honors High School Paragon Management Inc. (5180)
Highland Prep Highland Prep (92982)
ThrivePoint High School at Surprise ThrivePoint High School Inc. (79059)
Imagine Prep Surprise Imagine Prep Surprise Inc. (89790)
Northwest Campus West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923)
West-MEC - Shadow Ridge High School West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923)
West-MEC - Willow Canyon High School West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923)
West-MEC - Valley Vista High School West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923)
West-MEC Paradise Honors West-MEC - Western Maricopa Education Center (80923)

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.