Cactus Shadows High School offers a variety of educational and extracurricular programs to students. It is a public school that has an enrollment of more than 1,500 students in grades nine through 12. The school provides foreign language classes in Spanish and French. It offers a wide range of subjects, including economics, English, American history, biology, honors algebra, chemistry and geometry. It also provides the International Baccalaureate program and diploma courses to its students. It additionally organizes various co-curricular programs that include sports activities, community and special education classes, and preschool and after school care. The school is located in Cave Creek, Ariz., and is operated by the Cave Creek Unified District.