The reported proficiency rate for English language arts is 50%.
Original Research by School Decision on Cplc Community Schools (4300)
This is CPLC Community Schools, a district that consists of a single charter high school operating under a broader network in Maricopa County, Arizona. The district profile is thin in ways that tell you more about its structure than about any shortcoming in its data reporting.
The district serves only grades nine through twelve and enrolls a relatively small student body. About three-quarters of the students are Hispanic, roughly one in ten is Black, and a similar share is white. There are very small numbers of students who are Asian, American Indian, or of two or more races. Data on how many students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch was not available, nor was the share receiving special education services or English language support. A parent considering this district would want to ask directly about those supports.
Only one set of state assessment results appears in the record, and it is from a school year more than a decade ago. For the eighth grade English language arts test that year, about half of the tested students scored at or above the proficiency standard. Results for math and science in the same year were suppressed due to very small testing counts, meaning too few students took those tests to report a reliable figure. This is a gap a parent should take seriously: there is no recent, comprehensive public data on academic achievement. The reason likely lies in the nature of the district itself. It is a small charter network operating a single-gender high school, and state testing for high school grades in Arizona has used different assessments over time, so the available data is neither current nor complete. A family should request the school's own current proficiency results.
The comparison against other Maricopa County districts uses a proficiency index that draws from the old test data and places the district above the county midpoint on that measure. The chronic absenteeism rate, however, sits in the bottom quartile of the county's districts. That is a soft spot worth exploring. A high chronic absenteeism rate can signal anything from health issues to disengagement to a school culture that does not consistently draw students to class. Per-pupil spending is in the upper range among county districts, a point that may reflect the costs of running a small specialized school. A four-year graduation rate was not available.
The district's single school is the Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona, located in midtown Phoenix. As publicly reported, it is the first single-gender charter high school in the state, designed around a leadership-focused curriculum for young women. It joined the CPLC network in a recent year. That is the extent of what is known from the public record. There is no information on course offerings such as Advanced Placement or career and technical education pathways, no discipline data, no staffing ratios, no attendance rates beyond the absenteeism figure, and no description of the school's physical locale. The district's governance status as a charter operation and its Title I status are not specified in the available data.
For a family, this district presents a specific value proposition. It offers a small, all-female high school environment with an explicit leadership mission in an urban Phoenix setting. The trade-off is a lack of recent, publicly accessible academic evidence. The chronic absenteeism figure invites a conversation with the school about attendance culture and student engagement. A parent who values a single-gender setting and is willing to investigate performance directly with the school will find this district worth a closer look. A family that wants standard comparative test scores and graduation rates to evaluate will need to ask for them.
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