The top reported proficiency rate is 34% in Math. The lowest is 23% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Imagine Avondale Elementary Inc. (89784)
Imagine Avondale Elementary Inc. serves a single school in Maricopa County, operating as a district that covers kindergarten through fifth grade. Because it is an elementary-only district, there is no high school graduation rate to report, and the data does not include information about its charter or magnet status or Title I designation.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial number of Black students, a smaller share of White students, and a modest number of students who identify as two or more races or as American Indian or Alaska Native. Asian and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students are not present in the reported enrollment. The total enrollment is small for a district of its grade band. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, receive special education services, or are identified as English learners was not available in the data provided.
State testing results are limited for the 2024-25 school year. Proficiency data was reported only for third grade, where about a third of students met the bar in math and about a quarter did so in English language arts. For fourth and fifth grade, the state suppressed the results for all subjects, including science in fifth grade. That suppression is common when a tested group is small enough to risk identifying individual students. Looking at the district’s overall proficiency across the grades and subjects that did report, the district sits below the midpoint when compared with other districts in Maricopa County. A multi-year trend shows a proficiency rate in the low one-fifth range for both math and reading, but because only a single year of data is available for that calculation, no trend direction can be established.
Chronic absenteeism is a significant concern here. The reported rate places the district in the bottom quartile among county districts, meaning a high share of students miss enough school to be considered chronically absent. A parent may want to look into what supports are in place around attendance. On the spending side, per-pupil current expenditures are in the middle range and on the higher end among the county’s districts, suggesting the district allocates roughly typical resources to its school.
The district brief included a search for recent changes that would matter to parents, such as boundary shifts, program launches, or leadership turnover, but found no parent-relevant developments of lasting impact. There was no locale brief available, so the surrounding community context—housing, growth, or nearby amenities—was not part of the data set. Without that, a family considering this district would need to look into the Avondale area on their own.
Overall, Imagine Avondale Elementary Inc. is a small elementary district serving a diverse student body. Academic performance on state assessments places it on the lower end among the county’s districts in the grades where data was not suppressed. The chronic absenteeism rate stands out as an area that merits a closer conversation with the school. The district runs a single elementary school, so the options within this district for a family are straightforward: this is the school, and it serves kindergarten through fifth grade. For families who need middle or high school, the district does not cover those grades.
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