Original Research by School Decision on Edkey Inc. - Redwood Academy (81043)
Edkey Inc. - Redwood Academy is a small kindergarten-through-fifth-grade district in Maricopa County. Because it serves only elementary grades, it has no high school graduation rate, and the state testing results that are available come from a small number of students. In fact, for the 2024-25 school year, all of the district’s state assessment proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science were suppressed by the state for privacy reasons, meaning the tested-student counts in each grade were too small to report a reliable rate publicly. The one multi-year trend data point that was not suppressed shows an English language arts proficiency rate for the district as a whole that placed below the midpoint among Maricopa County’s districts. A parent looking at this school for academic performance should be aware that the available state data is limited and cannot give a full picture of student achievement, which is common in very small schools.
The student body is diverse. Hispanic students make up the largest share, followed by white students and Black students, with smaller numbers of Asian, American Indian or Alaska Native, and multiracial students. Enrollment across grades is small, with roughly a hundred and a few dozen students in total. Free or reduced-price lunch data was not available, so the share of students from low-income households is not reported here. Special education and English learner counts were also missing from the data.
The district operates a single school, the Arizona Conservatory for Arts and Academics Elementary School, which is listed as open. The governance type is not clearly stated in the data, though the district’s name includes a reference to a charter management organization. The data did not provide a locale classification, so the school’s setting, whether urban, suburban, or rural, is not known from the available information.
On spending and attendance, the district’s per-pupil current spending is in the middle range, lower half among the county’s districts. Its chronic absenteeism rate is below the midpoint, which means a somewhat higher share of students are missing substantial school compared to many other districts in the county. A parent may want to discuss attendance patterns with the school directly.
The district brief turned up no curriculum changes, referendum campaigns, property-tax adjustments, or pedagogy shifts that cleared the lasting-impact bar. This appears to be a stable, low-profile elementary charter district operating a single small school. It does not offer high school programs, so families with older children would need to look elsewhere. For a family considering this school, the central question is likely what kind of academic experience a very small elementary environment provides, and that will depend on visiting the school and talking with staff, since the public testing data cannot say much.
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