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Willie & Coy Payne Jr. High

Regular School · QUEEN CREEK, AZ

Willie & Coy Payne Jr. High is a regular school school in QUEEN CREEK, Arizona, serving grades 07–08 with 1,171 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 19.9:1.

Level
Middle
Grades
07 – 08
Enrollment
1,171
Teachers (FTE)
58.8
Student–Teacher Ratio
19.9:1
Status
Open
Lunch Program Participation
Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity Students Share
White 791 68%
Hispanic/Latino 220 19%
Two or more races 73 6%
Black or African American 38 3%
Asian 37 3%
American Indian / Alaska Native 11 1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 1 0%
Total enrollment 1,171 596M / 575F

English Language Learners: 6 (1% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric This School State Avg Tested
Math Proficiency 47.0% +15.1pp 31.9% 1,037
Reading Proficiency 53.0% +14.1pp 38.9% 1,028

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

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented
None offered
Out-of-School Suspensions
2
0.2% of enrollment · SY 2021–22
Chronically Absent
266
22.7% 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.) 1,171 100%

Contact & Location

7655 S HIGLEY RD

QUEEN CREEK, AZ 85142

Phone: (480)224-2400

http://www.cusd80.com/PJHS

District

Chandler Unified District #80 (4242)

Per-pupil expenditure: $13,661

District enrollment: 42,942

Other Schools in District

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Related Data

NCES ID

040187002478

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