Paradise Valley Unified District (4241)
Paradise Valley Unified District (4241) is a public school district in Arizona serving 27,919 students across 45 schools. It includes 27 elementary, 9 middle, 5 high schools. Its graduation rate of 90.2% is above the national average of 86.5%. Per-pupil spending of $14,378 is near the national average for a US public school district. 30% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Opportunity scores across its schools are moderate, with a district median of 50/100.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Desert Shadows Middle School | 06–08 | 780 |
| Echo Mountain Intermediate School | 04–06 | 361 |
| Explorer Middle School | 07–08 | 678 |
| Greenway Middle School | 07–08 | 419 |
| Mountain Trail Middle School | 07–08 | 680 |
| Palomino Intermediate School | 04–06 | 435 |
| Shea Middle School | 05–08 | 511 |
| Sunrise Middle School | 07–08 | 433 |
| Vista Verde Middle School | 07–08 | 544 |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Horizon High School | 07–12 | 1,905 |
| North Canyon High School | 08–12 | 1,842 |
| Paradise Valley High School | 07–12 | 1,874 |
| Pinnacle High School | 07–12 | 2,479 |
| Shadow Mountain High School | 08–12 | 1,109 |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Cholla Complex | PK–PK | 0 |
| pvONLINE | KG–12 | 359 |
| Roadrunner School | PK–12 | 243 |
| Sweetwater Community School | KG–12 | 187 |
This district draws the majority of its budget from local property taxes (58%), typical of wealthier suburban districts.
All figures on this page come directly from US federal open datasets — NCES Common Core of Data, EDFacts, and the Opportunity Atlas — and we work hard to keep them accurate and up to date. That said, federal data is published on an annual cycle, so some figures may not yet reflect the very latest school-year changes or local updates. We recommend using this page as a helpful starting point and cross-checking with the school or district directly, or visiting the NCES Common Core of Data and ed.gov for the most authoritative figures before making any important decisions.