Desert Winds High School
Phone: (520) 316-3361
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- Status: Operational
- Type: Regular
- Grades: 9th - 12th
- School Location: A Town Distant From A Large Urbanized Area
Brief Description
- Desert Winds High School serves 9th through 12th Grade Students From The City Of Casa Grande, Which Is Part Of Pinal County. This School Is Eligible For Participation In State & Federal Title I Programs. Some Or All Students From This School Participate In Free Or Reduced Lunch Programs.
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- Reviewed by a Student on May 11, 2009 (Rating: 5 / 5) Report As Inappropriate
- this school could do alot better
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School Events Calendar
- January 1
- New Year's Day (2009)
- January 19
- Martin Luther King Day
- February 14
- Valentine's Day
- February 16
- President's Day Observed
- March 17
- St. Patrick's Day
- April 12
- Easter
- May 25
- Memorial Day
- July 4
- Independence Day
- September 7
- Labor Day
- October 12
- Columbus Day
- October 31
- Halloween
- November 11
- Veteran's Day
- November 26
- Thanksgiving Day
- December 25
- Christmas Day
2009 School Year Events
School Statistics
- Students Per Grade
- Student Race
- Student Gender
- Free Lunch Eligibility
Students Per Grade
- Number of Students Per Grade
- 9th Grade: 120
- 10th Grade: 68
- 11th Grade: 41
- 12th Grade: 42
Student Racial Breakdown
- Student Racial Breakdown
- American Indian: 96
- Hispanic: 111
- Black: 5
- White: 59
Student Gender Breakdown
- Student Gender Breakdown
- Male: 128
- Female: 143
Free Lunch Eligibility Breakdown
- Free Lunch Eligibility Breakdown
- This School: 51.3%
- All Casa Grande Schools: 56.4%
- All Arizona Schools: 41.1%
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- Turning Point Beauty College
- 1226 E Florence Blvd
- Casa Grande, AZ 85222
- (520) 836-1476
- Artistic Beauty Colleges - Prescott
- 410 W Goodwin
- Prescott, AZ 86303
- (928) 778-5064
- Embry Riddle Aeronautical University - Prescott
- 3700 Willow Creek Road
- Prescott, AZ 86301
- (928) 777-3728
- Argosy University - Phoenix Campus
- 2233 West Dunlap Avenue
- Phoenix, AZ 85086
- (602) 216-2600
- Tucson Design College
- 1030 North Alvernon Way
- Tucson, AZ 85711
- (520) 881-2900
- Coconino County Community College
- 2800 S. Lone Tree Rd.
- Flagstaff, AZ 86001
- (928) 527-1222
Libraries Near This School
- CASA GRANDE PUBLIC LIBRARY
- 449 NORTH DRY LAKE
- CASA GRANDE, AZ 85222
- (520) 421-8710
School Information
This School
Public
Private - Number of Students: 271
- Number of Full-Time Teachers: 10
- Student:Teacher Ratio: 27.1:1
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Nearby Schools
- Casa Verde High School
- 0.0 Mi
- Saguaro Elementary School
- 0.4 Mi
- Ironwood School
- 0.4 Mi
- Ppep Tec - Alice S. Paul Learning Center School
- 0.5 Mi
- Cholla Elementary School
- 1.7 Mi
- Cactus Middle School
- 1.7 Mi
- Mesquite Elementary School
- 2.2 Mi
- Casa Grande Union High School
- 3.3 Mi
- Mary C O'brien Elementary School
- 10.5 Mi
Nearby Public Schools
- St Anthony Of Padua Catholic School
- 0.8 Mi
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*Source: NCES 2006-2007; AZ Department of Education; Local Districts and Schools