The top reported proficiency rate is 34% in Science. The lowest is 22% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Granada Elementary School-west Campus
Granada Elementary School–West Campus, a regular public school in the Alhambra Elementary District, serves students from prekindergarten through grade four. Located in Phoenix, the school operates within one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities, a sprawling urban center where the economy now concentrates in high-technology, manufacturing, tourism, and services after shifting from its agricultural roots. A parent considering Granada should understand what this school offers for its specific grade band and what the available academic data shows.
The school’s enrollment is large for an elementary campus. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with much smaller shares of Black, Asian, and white students, along with small numbers of students who identify as two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. The data does not include figures for students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, receiving special education services, or classified as English learners, so a family wanting to know the share of students in those categories would need to ask the school directly. Charter or magnet status does not apply to this district-run campus.
The state testing picture for Granada Elementary is limited to the grades it serves and the one year of data available under the current assessment. In math, proficiency rates for third and fourth graders were broadly in line with each other. In English language arts, the fourth-grade proficiency rate was higher than the third-grade rate, though both remained low. More than one year of comparable results is not yet available to show a trend, and science results are from a prior assessment year. What a parent will see is that the school's overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades landed in the bottom quartile when compared with districts across Maricopa County. County median proficiency sits higher, and the gap is evident. Families should look into this further with the school to understand what academic supports and interventions are in place.
This school does not offer the advanced coursework, career pathways, or program specializations that appear at the secondary level, because it serves only early elementary grades. A family choosing Granada will be looking at that primary age range. There is no graduation rate to report for a school that ends at fourth grade, and no data on chronic absenteeism or discipline was available in the record. Housing in the school’s immediate area sits below the state benchmark for home values, and rents have been declining slightly on an annual basis. In Phoenix, the built environment is car-oriented, with wide roadways on a grid pattern; the search for specific walkability or street-life descriptions around this campus came back without detail, so families should plan to visit in person to assess the neighborhood feel.
The district itself, Alhambra Elementary District, appears to have no parent-relevant changes publicly reported in recent years that meet the threshold of a lasting impact. A parent moving into the area or school-searching within Phoenix will find that Granada Elementary–West Campus is a large, diverse elementary school in a fast-growing metropolitan setting, but one where state assessment results indicate a need for academic support.
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