Open Doors Community School, Marana AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Open Doors Community School

Open Doors Community School is a charter school in Marana that serves a single grade band, middle school. The school is listed as inactive, meaning it is no longer operating. A parent or resident researching this school will find very limited data, and what exists comes from a single school year, 2021-22.

The location is on the northwestern edge of the Tucson metropolitan area. Marana itself is a fast-growing, car-dependent town that has expanded aggressively through annexation along the Interstate 10 corridor. It blends suburban subdivisions, big-box retail, resort communities like Dove Mountain, and remnants of its farming and ranching past. The school’s address on Sandario Road places it in a more rural part of the town, away from the denser commercial strips.

The academic proficiency data, which is the only substantial piece of information available, shows results that are well below typical benchmarks. In math, the share of students meeting the state’s proficient-or-above bar declined across tested grades, with the highest result in third grade and a very low result in fifth grade. Reading proficiency was somewhat higher but still modest, with the strongest showing in sixth grade and the weakest in third grade. Science results were suppressed, meaning too few students were tested to report a rate. The state had changed its assessment name that year, so direct comparisons to prior years are not reliable. When placed against all other districts in Pima County, this school’s overall proficiency index lands in the bottom quartile.

Because the school served only middle school grades, there is no graduation rate to report. That is not a sign of anything wrong; it is simply a function of the grade band. No data on enrollment, student demographics, or economic need is available. The same is true for discipline rates, course offerings, and staffing figures. A parent considering this school would want to ask the school directly about class sizes, the student body, and what kind of academic support is in place.

The charter that operated this school was called Open Doors Community School, Inc. The district brief turned up no evidence of recent curriculum changes, referendums, or other parent-relevant shifts; the district appears to have been a single-school charter entity. The housing market in the area, based on the 85653 ZIP code, shows home values near the state average, with rents slightly lower than the national benchmark. The national unemployment rate was modestly elevated during the period this data was collected.

For a family weighing this school while it was active, the picture was one of a small charter with a single-age campus and academic results that lagged most other schools in the county. The missing data on just about everything beyond test scores means a family would have had to do considerable legwork to understand the learning environment and student experience. Since the school is now inactive, that question is moot for current enrollment, but the record remains as a marker of a school that served a relatively brief span of grades and did not post competitive academic outcomes during its final tested year.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 338%

School 38% · District 38%

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

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 57%

School 7% · District 7%

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

Grade 610%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 319%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 527%

School 27% · District 27%

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

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 834%

School 34% · District 34%

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

This schoolOpen Doors Community School Inc. (91238), 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.