It has 24,000 pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students in the Northwest Phoenix Metropolitan area.
The district encompasses 140 square miles (360 km2), serving all of El Mirage, almost all of Surprise, parts of Glendale and Youngtown, and portions of unincorporated Maricopa County.
The district has AdvancED Accreditation, the NCA Model School District Award, NSBA Technology Spotlight Award, and is home to a national elementary school principal of the year and two Arizona teachers of the year.
He sold his land and created the governing board so that his daughter did not have to walk 5 miles to the nearest school.
[5] Dysart initially established a one-room schoolhouse with fewer than 10 students, serving first through eighth grades.