Original Research by School Decision on Westland School
Westland School is a K-12 charter school in Phoenix, part of the Cholla Academy district. It is a small school, serving all grades from kindergarten through twelfth grade under one roof. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of Black, White, multiracial, Native American, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, receiving special education services, or classified as English learners was not available.
The school is located in a residential area on the west side of Phoenix, a large, sprawling urban center that has grown rapidly over the past several decades. Phoenix is car-oriented, with a flat grid of wide roads, and its economy is concentrated in services, technology, manufacturing, tourism, and transportation. The area around the school has home values that are below the statewide typical level, and rents are relatively moderate. The city continues to add population, though specific new housing developments near the school were not identified in publicly available sources.
State testing data for Westland School is largely suppressed. For the 2024-25 school year, proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science are not reported for any grade level, a suppression that occurs when the number of students tested in a group is very small. The tested counts per grade range from roughly a dozen to about two dozen students, which triggers suppression in Arizona. The only direct performance signal comes from a multi-year trend that shows a single year of ELA data, with an overall proficiency rate that is low. No comparable trend data exists for math or science, and no graduation rate was reported, even though the school serves all high school grades. A parent should ask the school directly for its own internal assessments, recent graduation outcomes, and any supplementary academic information that state reporting does not capture.
The school environment and access section offers no data on discipline, attendance, staffing ratios, or course offerings such as Advanced Placement or career and technical education pathways. The civil rights and outcomes field is empty. Publicly available district-level information for Cholla Academy shows no recent referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property-tax changes that would affect families.
Compared to other districts in Maricopa County, Westland School could not be positioned because its proficiency data was missing, and no graduation or chronic absenteeism rate was available for comparison.
Westland School is a small K-12 charter serving a diverse, predominantly Hispanic student body in a fast-growing part of Phoenix. The available public data on academic performance is very limited, with all state test results suppressed and only one year of ELA proficiency on record. Families considering this school will need to rely on direct conversations with staff, school visits, and any internal reports the school can provide to develop a clear picture of student outcomes, program offerings, and postsecondary readiness.
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