Summary:
Dysart High School is a public high school located in El Mirage, Arizona, serving grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 1,433 students. It is part of the Dysart Unified School District, which is ranked 135 out of 288 districts in Arizona and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Dysart High School has a diverse student population, with 60.99% Hispanic, 21.98% White, 8.79% African American, and smaller percentages of Asian, Native American, Pacific Islander, and multi-racial students. Academically, the school's performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is generally lower than the district and state averages. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 39% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to 47% for the district and 38% for the state. Similarly, in mathematics, only 30% of 11th-grade students were proficient or better, compared to 37% for the district and 30% for the state. However, the school has seen a steady improvement in its four-year graduation rate, from 89.1% in 2019-2020 to 93.9% in 2022-2023, though its dropout rate has also increased from 1.7% to 2.3% during the same period.
Dysart High School has a relatively high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 57.92% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch in the 2022-2023 school year. This is significantly higher than the nearby Valley Vista High School, which had 43.95% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch. The Dysart Unified School District also offers a virtual school option, Dysart iSchool, which has performed better than Dysart High School in some areas, such as test scores and graduation rates.
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Detail:
Public 7-12
District:
Dysart Unified District
SchoolDigger Rank:
148th of 270 Arizona High Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $10,188
Feeder schools for Dysart High School:
Student/teacher ratio: 22.2
Number of students: 1,447
Racial breakdown:
Hispanic:
60.2%
White:
22.5%
African American:
8.6%
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Two or more races:
4.4%
Asian:
2.5%
American Indian:
1.3%
Pacific Islander:
0.6%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 57.9%
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