The new school year opens Thursday around Deer Valley Unified School District, and the 42-school district is sure of one thing: enrollment figures to be down.
District administrators are anticipating a decline of 900 students from one year ago.
A number of contributing factors are among those analyzed in a demographic and enrollment report from Phoenix consulting firm Applied Economics that issued its findings in October 2024. The lack of affordable housing for young families within the district’s boundaries is one of the factors cited.
