New River Elementary School

Summary:

New River Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-6 in the Deer Valley Unified District in Phoenix, Arizona, with a student population of 201 as of the 2022-2023 school year.

While New River Elementary School's performance on state assessments (AASA) is generally below the district and state averages, particularly in mathematics, the school's performance on English Language Arts assessments is more mixed. The school's 5th grade science assessment (AzSCI) in 2022-2023 was also below the district and state averages. However, the school performs well for its low socioeconomic status (SES), female, and special education student subgroups, ranking in the top 78, 331, and 316 out of over 1,200 Arizona elementary schools, respectively, in 2022-2023. The school's high per-student spending of $9,679 in 2021-2022 and low student-teacher ratio of 13.3 in 2022-2023 suggest it is well-resourced.

Compared to nearby schools, New River Elementary School's performance is generally lower than the Norterra Canyon School, Sonoran Foothills School, and Diamond Canyon School, which all have higher state assessment proficiency rates and higher overall school rankings. However, New River Elementary School outperforms the nearby Canon School, which has significantly lower student performance and higher poverty rates.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

 48827 N Black Canyon Hwy
       Phoenix, AZ  85087-6910


(623) 376-3500

District: Deer Valley Unified District

SchoolDigger Rank:
341st of 904 Arizona Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,679 Help


Students who attend New River Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Boulder Creek High School

Student/teacher ratio:  13.3 Help
Number of students:  201

Racial breakdown:

White:
89.1%
Hispanic:
9.5%
African American:
0.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  34.8% Help


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Compare Details New River Elementary School ranks better than 62.3% of elementary schools in Arizona. It also ranks 22nd among 31 ranked elementary schools in the Deer Valley Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 58.64. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details New River Elementary School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Deer Valley Unified District. Racial makeup is: White (89.1%), Hispanic (9.5%), American Indian (0.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 34.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at New River Elementary School is 13.3, which is the 3rd best among 31 elementary schools in the Deer Valley Unified District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at New River Elementary School is $9,679, which is the 2nd highest among 31 elementary schools in the Deer Valley Unified District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

New River Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks New River Elementary School 341st of 904 Arizona public elementary schools. (See New River Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Deer Valley Unified District:

SchoolDigger ranks Deer Valley Unified District 91st of 288 Arizona school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for New River Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 75.88 265th 1062 75.0%
2010 74.87 265th 1090 75.7%
2011 60.38 418th 1075 61.1%
2012 75.22 263rd 1141 77.0%
2013 63.87 411th 1158 64.5%
2014 61.37 422nd 1079 60.9%
2015 46.82 439th 955 54.0%
2016 49.47 492nd 1079 54.4%
2017 50.39 483rd 1106 56.3%
2018 50.49 494th 1109 55.5%
2019 43.73 536th 1039 48.4%
2021 64.83 388th 1226 68.4%
2022 61.33 335th 1000 66.5%
2023 61.36 433rd 1245 65.2%
2024 58.64 341st 904 62.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 14.39 967th 1027 5.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 40.03 464th 975 52.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 58.13 316th 1201 73.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 24.88 657th 820 19.9%
2022 68.25 191st 618 69.1%
2023 86.86 78th 1116 93.0%
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Rank History for Homeless students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 48.80 135th 423 68.1%
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Rank History for Female students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.68 495th 1023 51.6%
2021 56.32 463rd 1219 62.0%
2022 69.39 211th 824 74.4%
2023 69.30 331st 1219 72.8%
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Rank History for Male students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.47 501st 1032 51.5%
2019 63.05 289th 850 66.0%
2021 66.84 359th 1220 70.6%
2022 58.14 319th 830 61.6%
2023 50.69 529th 1216 56.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 84.45 26th 620 95.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 72.11 234th 1198 80.5%
2022 74.81 153rd 716 78.6%
2023 41.80 639th 1170 45.4%
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Rank History for White students at New River Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.52 553rd 720 23.2%
2019 18.56 525th 595 11.8%
2021 50.52 558th 1161 51.9%
2022 49.20 406th 800 49.3%
2023 46.75 536th 1024 47.7%
2024 45.07 272nd 477 43.0%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for New River Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 391 1 2 16 3 n/a n/a -65 348
1989 394 3 2 16 0 n/a n/a -69 346
1990 374 n/a n/a 16 n/a n/a n/a -28 362
1991 367 1 1 19 0 n/a n/a -4 384
1992 370 0 2 11 1 n/a n/a 0 384
1993 382 0 3 20 3 n/a n/a 0 408
1994 416 1 3 15 2 n/a n/a 0 437
1995 394 2 3 8 0 n/a n/a 0 407
1996 394 2 3 8 0 n/a n/a 0 407
1997 426 3 2 7 0 n/a n/a 0 438
1998 472 4 3 8 2 n/a n/a 0 489
1999 497 4 5 10 1 n/a n/a 0 517
2000 240 2 3 6 0 n/a n/a 0 251
2001 276 2 2 13 0 n/a n/a 0 293
2002 251 2 1 15 2 n/a n/a 0 271
2003 251 2 1 15 2 n/a n/a 0 271
2004 273 3 1 17 0 n/a n/a 0 294
2005 267 5 1 23 0 n/a n/a 0 296
2006 266 6 4 31 1 n/a n/a 0 308
2007 313 6 6 36 0 n/a n/a 0 361
2008 319 4 5 30 0 n/a n/a 0 358
2009 309 4 4 23 2 n/a n/a 0 342
2010 309 6 3 21 2 n/a n/a 0 341
2011 272 0 2 33 1 1 3 0 312
2012 222 0 2 24 2 1 4 0 255
2013 226 1 0 30 2 0 8 0 267
2014 226 4 0 34 4 0 6 0 274
2015 233 1 0 33 3 0 5 0 275
2016 202 3 1 25 2 0 5 0 238
2017 180 1 2 22 2 0 2 0 209
2018 174 2 2 37 3 0 1 0 219
2019 206 2 3 23 3 0 4 0 241
2020 215 1 3 24 4 0 4 0 251
2021 112 0 2 19 2 0 0 0 135
2022 162 3 2 28 1 0 2 0 198
2023 179 1 0 19 1 0 1 0 201

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at New River Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 348 19.8 17.5 n/a
1989 346 18.8 18.4 n/a
1990 362 19.5 18.5 n/a
1991 384 20.8 18.4 n/a
1992 384 23.7 16.2 n/a
1993 408 24.1 16.9 n/a
1994 437 25.6 17.1 n/a
1995 407 23.5 17.3 n/a
1996 407 23.5 17.3 n/a
1997 438 24.3 18.0 n/a
1998 489 25.0 19.6 n/a
1999 517 25.8 20.0 n/a
2000 251 18.8 13.4 n/a
2001 293 20.3 14.4 n/a
2002 271 21.0 12.9 29.5
2003 271 21.0 12.9 29.5
2004 294 20.8 14.1 29.9
2005 296 18.7 15.8 11.1
2006 308 20.3 15.2 13.6
2007 361 21.0 17.2 15.2
2008 358 21.6 16.6 n/a
2009 342 21.4 16.0 16.4
2010 341 21.5 15.8 22
2011 312 19.4 16.0 25.6
2012 255 18.4 13.8 24.7
2013 267 18.4 14.5 34.5
2014 274 19.1 14.3 31.4
2015 275 21.0 13.0 35.3
2016 238 20.0 11.9 36.1
2017 209 21.8 9.5 33.5
2018 219 19.0 11.5 31.5
2019 241 20.1 11.9 27.4
2020 251 19.1 13.1 32.7
2021 135 19.1 7.0 n/a
2022 198 14.6 13.5 18.7
2023 201 15.1 13.3 34.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio New River Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 348 19.8 17.5 n/a
1989 346 18.8 18.4 n/a
1990 362 19.5 18.5 n/a
1991 384 20.8 18.4 n/a
1992 384 23.7 16.2 n/a
1993 408 24.1 16.9 n/a
1994 437 25.6 17.1 n/a
1995 407 23.5 17.3 n/a
1996 407 23.5 17.3 n/a
1997 438 24.3 18.0 n/a
1998 489 25.0 19.6 n/a
1999 517 25.8 20.0 n/a
2000 251 18.8 13.4 n/a
2001 293 20.3 14.4 n/a
2002 271 21.0 12.9 29.5
2003 271 21.0 12.9 29.5
2004 294 20.8 14.1 29.9
2005 296 18.7 15.8 11.1
2006 308 20.3 15.2 13.6
2007 361 21.0 17.2 15.2
2008 358 21.6 16.6 n/a
2009 342 21.4 16.0 16.4
2010 341 21.5 15.8 22
2011 312 19.4 16.0 25.6
2012 255 18.4 13.8 24.7
2013 267 18.4 14.5 34.5
2014 274 19.1 14.3 31.4
2015 275 21.0 13.0 35.3
2016 238 20.0 11.9 36.1
2017 209 21.8 9.5 33.5
2018 219 19.0 11.5 31.5
2019 241 20.1 11.9 27.4
2020 251 19.1 13.1 32.7
2021 135 19.1 7.0 n/a
2022 198 14.6 13.5 18.7
2023 201 15.1 13.3 34.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for New River Elementary School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $796 (7.0%) $60 (0.5%) $1,652 (14.4%) $9,309 (81.3%) $1,279 (11.2%) $10,588 (92.5%) $11,444
2020 $494 (5.6%) $114 (1.3%) $1,103 (12.6%) $7,704 (87.8%) $460 (5.2%) $8,164 (93.1%) $8,773
2021 $805 (6.7%) $435 (3.6%) $2,046 (17.1%) $10,830 (90.6%) n/a $10,708 (89.6%) $11,949
2022 $640 (6.6%) $11 (0.1%) $1,292 (13.3%) $8,763 (90.5%) $264 (2.7%) $9,028 (93.3%) $9,679

Data source: Arizona Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on New River Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
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Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 536th of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 433rd of 1245 Elementary schools
 16.8%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
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Change (%)
Total Students241201
 16.6%
African American21
 50%
American Indian31
 66.7%
Asian30
 100%
Hispanic2319
 17.4%
Pacific Islander00
White206179
 13.1%
Two or More Races41
 75%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients27.4%34.8%
 7.4%


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Students who attend New River Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Boulder Creek High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 201 students attended New River Elementary School.

Students at New River Elementary School are 89% White, 9% Hispanic.

New River Elementary School ranks 341st of 904 Arizona elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arizona Department of Education.

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