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Imagine Desert West Middle

Charter

Regular School · PHOENIX, AZ

Imagine Desert West Middle is a charter regular school school in PHOENIX, Arizona, serving grades 06–08 with 437 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 20.8:1.

Level
Middle
Grades
06 – 08
Enrollment
437
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Student–Teacher Ratio
20.8:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes under Community Eligibility Option (CEO)

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
Hispanic/Latino 380 87%
Black or African American 32 7%
Two or more races 10 2%
White 7 2%
Asian 3 1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 3 1%
American Indian / Alaska Native 2 0%
Total enrollment 437 233M / 204F

English Language Learners: 97 (22% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 8.0% -23.9pp 31.9% 440
Reading Proficiency 18.0% -20.9pp 38.9% 410

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)
-0.26 grade levels
Math
+0.12 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
None offered
Out-of-School Suspensions
57
13% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
178
40.7% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category Students % of School
Total enrollment (est.) 437 100%

Contact & Location

6738 W MCDOWELL RD

PHOENIX, AZ 85035

Phone: (623)469-2024

http://www.dwdragons.org/

District

Imagine Desert West Middle Inc. (89563)

Per-pupil expenditure: $9,725

District enrollment: 444

NCES ID

040075402819

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD