The top reported proficiency rate is 30% in English language arts. The lowest is 16% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on American Basic Schools Llc (79215)
American Basic Schools LLC is a single-school independent charter district in Maricopa County, serving kindergarten through sixth grade. The district operates one campus, Burke Basic School. Because it covers only elementary and middle grades, there is no high school graduation rate to report, and the academic picture rests on state assessments given in the grades it serves.
The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a very small white population and even smaller shares of Black, Native American, and multiracial students. Enrollment is distributed fairly evenly across grades, with a slight bulge in the early elementary years. Data on economic disadvantage and special education identification were not available in the source; a parent may want to ask the school directly about the share of students receiving free or reduced-price meals and the support services available for students with individualized education plans or English learner needs.
State test results for the most recent year show academic performance that a parent will want to examine closely. In English language arts, the proportion of students meeting proficiency standards was roughly a quarter across the grades tested, while in mathematics it was lower, around one in eight. The fourth-grade ELA result was notably higher than the district’s own fifth- and sixth-grade ELA results, and math proficiency declined slightly between fourth and sixth grade. Science results for fifth grade were suppressed in the source data, so a clear picture for that subject is not available. A multi-year trend was not yet established because only a single year of data was reported. In comparison to other districts in Maricopa County, American Basic Schools LLC sits in the bottom quartile for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades.
The district’s per-pupil current spending falls in the lower range among the county’s districts. Its chronic absenteeism rate, while lower than the median for the county, is still high enough that a parent may want to understand what the school is doing to support consistent attendance.
This is a small, early-grades-only district with a single school and a heavily Hispanic enrollment. The academic results are well below county averages in both reading and math, and the spending level is lean. For a family considering this district, the central questions are likely about the school’s instructional approach and how it addresses the gaps evident in the testing data, as well as what before- and after-care or enrichment offerings exist for the elementary grades. The district brief noted that no lasting parent-relevant changes from the past several years were found in available public sources, so this appears to be a stable operation in terms of leadership and program.
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