The top reported proficiency rate is 82% in Math. The lowest is 67% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Archway Classical Academy Glendale (91878)
Archway Classical Academy Glendale is a single-school charter district in Maricopa County serving kindergarten through fifth grade. As a K-5 institution, there are no high school outcomes to consider no graduation rate, no college readiness data, and no advanced course metrics. The school’s academic results come entirely from state assessments in math, English language arts, and science at the elementary level.
On state testing, the school performs at a level that places its overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades in the top quartile among Maricopa County’s districts. In math, proficiency rates start strong in third grade and improve in fourth and fifth. In English language arts, proficiency is solid across all three tested grades, with fourth and fifth graders matching each other at a notably consistent level. Fifth-grade science proficiency is similarly reported at a rate that aligns with the school’s overall strength in academics. This is a school where a large majority of students meet the state’s bar for proficiency in core subjects, and that consistency is a defining feature.
The student body is predominantly white, with a sizeable Asian student population and a smaller but present Hispanic share. Black, Native American, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students each represent a very small portion of enrollment. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available in the profile. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility data was also missing, so it is unclear what share of families are in economic need.
Chronic absenteeism is low, placing the school in the top quartile among Maricopa County’s districts. That suggests a student body that generally attends school regularly, a factor that correlates with the academic results.
The district’s per-pupil spending falls in the middle range, lower half of the cohort. That is a plain descriptor of spending relative to peers rather than a judgment on quality. The school is a single-site charter, and the district brief found no recent property tax shifts, referendums, curriculum changes, or other parent-relevant developments to report.
What a family considering this school will want to weigh: it is an elementary-only charter with strong and consistent state test outcomes, low chronic absenteeism, and a student body that is majority white with some Asian and Hispanic presence. There is no data on special education or English learner support, so a parent whose child requires those services may want to ask the school directly about staffing and programming. The district spends slightly less per pupil than the median county district, but the academic results do not appear to suffer from that. The school does not serve middle or high school grades, so families will need a plan for what comes after fifth grade.
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