Original Research by School Decision on Kaizen Education Foundation Dba Summit High School (79876)
Kaizen Education Foundation dba Summit High School is a single-school charter district serving grades nine through twelve in Maricopa County. Its enrollment is small, with the student body heavily concentrated in the upper grades, particularly the twelfth grade. Demographically, most students are Hispanic, followed by Black and American Indian students, with smaller shares of White students and those of two or more races. No data on students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, students with disabilities, or English learners was available.
State testing results were not reported, so no information on academic proficiency is available to characterize. The same gap applies to the four-year graduation rate, which was also not reported. A parent looking at this school would need to ask the school directly for its academic outcomes and graduation track record, as public data does not cover them.
The one academic-environment metric that is available is chronic absenteeism, which was reported at a level that places it in the bottom quartile among Maricopa County’s districts. That is a very high rate of chronic absence, and a parent may want to investigate what supports are in place for student attendance and how the school addresses it. Per-pupil current spending sits in the middle range, upper half of the county’s districts, suggesting funding is not notably low compared to peers.
The district is a small, single-school charter with no recent evidence of referendums, curriculum overhauls, or other lasting changes that would be relevant to families. No community context was available, so the surrounding neighborhood and housing market are not described here.
Overall, this is a very small high school serving a predominantly Hispanic student body in a charter setting, with no public academic performance data and a very high chronic absenteeism rate. Families considering this school would need to gather firsthand information on instruction, student support, and graduation outcomes to form a full picture.
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