Original Research by School Decision on Cafa Inc. Dba Learning Foundation Performing Arts (79971)
This district is a single-school charter entity operating as Learning Foundation with a stated focus on performing arts. It is a small district located in Maricopa County, serving kindergarten through grade six in practice despite its K-through-12 designation. The student body is majority Hispanic, with White students as the next largest group, followed by Black students and students of two or more races. The overall enrollment is small for its grade band. Information on economic disadvantage, special education eligibility, and English learner status was not available in the data.
State testing results for each tested grade in math, English language arts, and science were suppressed, which commonly occurs when student counts in a group are too low to report publicly. The district’s aggregated proficiency rates across all tested grades, as reported in a separate trend measure, were roughly one-third proficient in both math and reading. These figures place academic attainment at a level that many families would consider a soft spot, and a parent moving to the area may want to ask the school directly about its approach to raising achievement.
Chronic absenteeism, a measure of how many students miss a substantial number of school days, was above the midpoint among Maricopa County’s districts. This is a higher rate than a typical district in the county and is worth discussing with the school to understand the underlying causes and supports available. Per-pupil spending landed in the middle range among the county’s districts, toward the upper half, which suggests that the district is not underfunded relative to its peers.
Because the district does not serve grades seven through twelve, there is no high school graduation rate to report. Families will need to plan for a transition to a different school after sixth grade, whether another charter, a traditional district, or a private option. The district’s website and recent public records were searched for changes such as curriculum updates, property tax measures, or enrollment policy shifts, but none were found. The district itself operates one school, Learning Foundation, and no additional context about the surrounding community was available.
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