Cambridge Academy East, Queen Creek AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Cambridge Academy East

Cambridge Academy East is a charter school in Queen Creek serving kindergarten through eighth grade. It operates as a single-school charter district, meaning the school and the district are one and the same. Because it serves only elementary and middle grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and the academic picture comes entirely from state testing in math, English language arts, and science.

On state assessments, the school’s performance varies noticeably by grade and subject. In reading and writing, several grade levels show solid results, with the majority of students scoring proficient or above in third, fifth, sixth, and eighth grades. Seventh grade lands around the midpoint, while fourth grade trails behind. Math proficiency is more uneven. In seventh and eighth grades, about half of students or more meet the bar, and third and fourth grades are close behind. Fifth and sixth grades are softer, with a smaller share reaching proficiency. Science results from a couple of years back show roughly half of fifth graders at the proficient level; eighth-grade science results were suppressed for privacy reasons, so no reading is possible there. Overall, when the school’s tested grades and subjects are averaged together, Cambridge Academy East sits above the midpoint among the many districts in Maricopa County.

The school’s enrollment and demographic data are essentially absent from the available record. Counts for total enrollment, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education, and English learner status are all missing. The racial and ethnic breakdown lists zero counts for every category, which is almost certainly a data suppression issue rather than an actual lack of students. A parent considering this school will want to ask the school directly for its current enrollment size, the share of students receiving support services, and the general makeup of the student body.

Queen Creek itself is a fast-growing suburb southeast of Phoenix that still holds onto its agricultural roots. Pecan groves, olive farms, and U-pick gardens sit alongside master-planned subdivisions that have been filling in former farmland. The town has few large private employers; the economic base leans on small businesses, agritainment destinations, and public-sector jobs from the town government and local school districts. Housing values and rents in the area are above the state and national averages, reflecting a market driven by new single-family home construction. The town is car-dependent, with no scheduled bus service and no pedestrian-scale downtown core. Civic amenities are spread out along arterial roads and include a library, several parks, an equestrian center, and a performing arts center. The built environment is residential and spread over a large area.

As a charter school, Cambridge Academy East operates with a degree of autonomy from the traditional district structure, but no recent changes or strategic priorities for the charter district were found in public sources. A parent exploring this school will want to fill in the gaps left by the missing enrollment and demographic data, and to understand how the school’s uneven grade-level results fit their child’s particular needs. The school appears to serve a community that is growing quickly and is largely residential, with families drawn to the area for new housing and a suburban-rural mix. The academic profile is strongest in middle-grade English, with math a weaker spot in the intermediate years.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 345%

School 45% · district not reported

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 444%

School 44% · district not reported

even with state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 533%

School 33% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 617%

School 17% · district not reported

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 757%

School 57% · district not reported

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 850%

School 50% · district not reported

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 364%

School 64% · district not reported

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 41% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 556%

School 56% · district not reported

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 666%

School 66% · district not reported

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 757%

School 57% · district not reported

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 875%

School 75% · district not reported

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Science

Grade 556%

School 56% · district not reported

▲ 19 pts above state median · ▲ 17 pts above county median

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Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.