The top reported proficiency rate is 30% in Math. The lowest is 17% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Pan-american Elementary Charter (79578)
Pan-American Elementary Charter is a single-school charter district in Maricopa County serving kindergarten through twelfth grade, operating as a single campus under that name. It is a small district for the grade band it covers, with a student body that is heavily Hispanic and with few students from other racial or ethnic backgrounds.
State assessment results are available for grades three through eight in math and English language arts, and for grades five and eight in science. In math, the share of students meeting proficiency is relatively low across every tested grade. In English language arts, the pattern is similar, with proficiency rates that are also low. Science results show that a smaller share of students scored at the proficient level in fifth grade and in eighth grade. The overall proficiency picture, combining all tested subjects and grades, places this district in the bottom quartile among Maricopa County's districts. The district's chronic absenteeism rate is high, falling above the midpoint when compared with other districts in the county, which is a soft spot a parent may want to look into further with the school.
The district reports a per-pupil current spending level that is in the middle range for Maricopa County but in the lower half of that range. Because this is a charter district, the typical district-level context of a defined attendance zone and a local tax base does not apply in the same way; families choose to enroll here regardless of where they live in the county, and the single school serves as the whole district.
Graduation rate data was not available for this entity. The state data that was examined did not report a four-year graduation rate for this district, and that information was missing from the comparison set. Since the district serves high school grades, this is a gap that a family considering upper-grade enrollment would want to follow up on directly with the school.
No recent district-level changes such as boundary adjustments, program overhauls, school openings or closures, or major leadership transitions were found in a search of publicly available information. The search returned only basic profile and curriculum descriptions without confirmation of changes meeting a four-year lasting-impact bar, so there is no documented recent shift for a parent to consider.
This is a small charter district with a single school and a heavily Hispanic enrollment. Academic performance on the state's assessments is low across the board, and chronic absenteeism is a concern, placing the district well above the typical rate for the county. A family considering this school would want to understand what instructional supports are in place, how the school addresses attendance, and what postsecondary pathways are available for high school students, since no graduation rate is publicly reported.
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