Pinnacle Pointe Academy, Glendale AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Pinnacle Pointe Academy

Pinnacle Pointe Academy is a charter school in Glendale, Arizona, part of the Pointe Schools network. According to the most recent data available, the school is designated as inactive. For a parent or resident trying to understand this place, that is the central fact. The school served a middle school grade span, but it is no longer operating in an active capacity. Because the school is inactive, much of the data one would typically use to evaluate a school is absent. There is no enrollment figure, no demographic breakdown, no information on special education or English learner populations, and no graduation rate, the last being expected since the grade band did not include the final year of high school.

The state testing data that exists is from the most recent year the school was active and covers grades three through seven. In English language arts, the share of students scoring proficient or above varied by grade. Fourth graders posted the highest rate, with roughly half meeting the bar. Fifth, sixth, and seventh graders each landed in the low-to-mid forties. Third graders were the lowest in ELA, with about a quarter of students proficient. Across those same grades in math, performance was uneven. Fourth graders were again the strongest grade, with just under half proficient. Third and sixth graders were lower, each below the one-third mark. Fifth grade math was a clear soft spot, with a small share of students reaching proficiency. In fifth grade science, about half of students were proficient. The proficiency index, which averages results across all tested subjects and grades, placed the school below the midpoint when compared to districts in Maricopa County.

Glendale itself is a large suburban city bordering Phoenix. It has a mix of older residential neighborhoods, major shopping districts, and entertainment venues like State Farm Stadium and Desert Diamond Arena. Major employers include Luke Air Force Base, Banner Health, and multiple school districts. The city is growing, with development plans focused on the Sports and Entertainment District in the western part of town. Housing values in the zip code serving this school are above the state median, and rents have been rising modestly.

For a family looking at this address, the core question is what the inactive status means for enrollment. A parent should verify directly with the district or the charter network whether the school plans to reopen, has closed permanently, or is in some other transition. No teaching staff data, course offerings, or program information was available to describe what a student would experience in the classroom. The academic results from the last tested year show a school that was below the county average in overall proficiency, with a particularly wide gap in fifth grade math. A parent considering this school would need to investigate whether those patterns have been addressed or if the school's circumstances have changed since that testing cycle. The district brief turned up no recent parent-relevant changes, so there is no public signal of a shift in leadership or instructional approach. Without active operations, the profile of this school is best understood as a closed chapter in Glendale's charter landscape rather than a current option to evaluate.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 30% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 36% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 4 pts below county median

Grade 510%

School 10% · District 13% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 18% · ▲ 11 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 327%

School 27% · District 20% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 41% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 34% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 46% · ▼ 3 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 743%

School 43% · District 36% · ▲ 7 pts above district

even with state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Science

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 33% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

This schoolPointe Schools (79455), same grade

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.