Regular local school district · Maricopa County
Cave Creek Unified District (4244), AZ: schools, enrollment and spending
Cave Creek Unified District (4244) runs 8 public schools with 3,821 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 17.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Arizona figure of 17.7.
At a glance
- Schools
- 8
- Students
- 3,821
- Teachers (FTE)
- 215
- Students per teacher
- 17.8
- AZ: 17.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 33016 N 60th St, Scottsdale, AZ 85266
- Phone
- (480)575-2000
- County
- Maricopa County
- Locale
- City: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0400001
- State district ID
- AZ-4244
- Total staff (FTE)
- 456
- School counselors (FTE)
- 8.0About 478 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
Students per teacher compared
This district17.8
Arizona17.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,795), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $55.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.8 million
- State revenue
- $12.2 million
- Local revenue
- $37.4 million
- Total spending
- $49.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $10,209
- Salaries
- $26.9 million54.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $27.2 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.4%
- State: 22.0%
- Local: 67.6%
Arizona overall
- Federal: 17.1%
- State: 46.5%
- Local: 36.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$10,209
Arizona$11,583
United States$16,826
Schools in Cave Creek Unified District (4244)
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 5 elementary, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Black Mountain Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 496 | 16.0 |
| Cactus Shadows High School | High | 8 to 12 | 1,362 | 21.0 |
| Cave Creek Academy of Excellence | Other | K to 12 | 19 | |
| Desert Sun Academy | Elementary | PK to 6 | 191 | 13.6 |
| Desert Willow Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 338 | 15.4 |
| Horseshoe Trails Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 424 | 18.4 |
| Lone Mountain Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 6 | 376 | 15.0 |
| Sonoran Trails Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 615 | 19.8 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Maricopa County
- Mesa Unified District (4235) 55,821 students
- Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) 41,421 students
- Peoria Unified School District (4237) 34,436 students
- Deer Valley Unified District (4246) 32,265 students
- Gilbert Unified District (4239) 31,560 students
- Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) 26,183 students
- Phoenix Union High School District (4286) 25,800 students
- Dysart Unified District (4243) 23,078 students
- Scottsdale Unified District (4240) 20,682 students
- Washington Elementary School District (4260) 18,816 students
- Glendale Union High School District (4285) 16,092 students
- American Leadership Academy Inc. (4348) 15,291 students
- Queen Creek Unified District (4245) 15,065 students
- Tolleson Union High School District (4288) 13,931 students
- Cartwright Elementary District (4282) 13,436 students
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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. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.