Deer Valley Unified School District

Deer Valley Unified School District #97 (DVUSD) is a Pre-K–12 school district, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. DVUSD is the fifth largest school district in the state of Arizona, serving areas of Phoenix (including Deer Valley, North Gateway, and Rio Vista), Glendale, Peoria, Cave Creek and numerous unincorporated areas of northwest Maricopa County, including Anthem, New River, and Desert Hills. Situated within the Sonoran Desert, the District has grown from its modest beginnings as a county accommodation school located in New River in 1934 to 42 campuses serving 34,000 students: 15 K–6 elementary schools, 19 K–8 schools, three middle schools, and five comprehensive high schools, plus an online K-12 school and 2 alternative schools. Early childhood education opportunities are offered through DVUSD Community Education Preschool/PreKindergarten (15 sites), and Head Start (five sites). Twelve schools receive Title I funding. District facilities include District Office, Support Services Center, Transportation and Administrative Services. Attendance area As of 1984 the Cañon Elementary School District sends high school students and junior high level special education students to DVUSD. In 1984, 27 students from Cañon attended DVUSD. That year Deer Valley sued Cañon, which stated it was unable to pay for the tuition costs of the district and acknowledged that it was billed for the correct amount. The Arizona Republic described this as a "friendly lawsuit", since according to the DVUSD officials, Cañon district officials stated that the lawsuit was the only mechanism through which it could pay DVUSD. Schools K–6 schools K–8 schools K-12 schools Middle schools Deer Valley Middle School Desert Sky Middle School Hillcrest Middle School High schools Barry Goldwater High School The Barry Goldwater High School is named after the 1964 presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. It is part of the Deer Valley Unified School District and opened in 1986. The school offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program. Boulder Creek High School The Boulder Creek High School serves grades 9-12 for the Deer Valley Unified School District. The school has been rated A+ by the AEF as of February 15 2024. Boulder Creek's Jaguars are members of the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA) and compete in the Desert Valley Conference. School colors are red, black and white. Deer Valley High School Mountain Ridge High School Sandra Day O’Connor High School Specialized programs Vista Peak (Alternative Blended Learning Environment) International Baccalaureate Program at Barry Goldwater High School Aspire Deer Valley's Online Academy The Traditional Academy at Bellair opened March 2022. Language immersion schools Deer Valley Unified School District offers 6 schools with language immersion programs. Five of the schools offer Mandarin to students and one school with a Spanish immersion program. The schools with a language immersion program are Desert Sage Elementary, Hillcrest Middle School, Sandra Day O'Connor High School, Gavilan Peak, and Boulder Creek High School. The immersion program, half of the day the students are taught in the targeted language being learned and the other half of the day is taught in their native language. References External links Official website