The top reported proficiency rate is 32% in Science. The lowest is 16% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Lattie Coor
Lattie Coor is a regular public school serving Avondale, a fast-growing city in the West Valley Phoenix suburbs. Avondale has transformed from farmland into a major bedroom suburb, and the school sits within the Avondale Elementary District. The city has a historic Old Town district along Western Avenue, but the broader built environment is suburban and auto-oriented, with Interstate 10 providing regional access. Top employers include Amazon, the Maricopa County Community College District, and the city government itself, and the area has seen sustained population growth over the past decade. The school itself serves a very narrow grade band, from pre-kindergarten through second grade only.
This is an early elementary school, and a parent should understand what that means for the data. Because the school does not serve tested grades in the conventional sense in more recent years, the available state assessment results come from a single school year and cover only third and fourth graders, a tiny fraction of the overall enrollment and likely students who were at the school in prior years. In that snapshot, proficiency rates in math and English language arts were low. In math, about a sixth of third graders and a similar share of fourth graders scored at a proficient level. In English language arts, just over a tenth of third graders and under a third of fourth graders reached proficiency. On the fourth grade science assessment, roughly a third of students were proficient. These results are from a single year and may not reflect the current student body, which is composed almost entirely of pre-kindergarten through first graders. A parent may want to ask the district for more current information about early literacy and numeracy screening, since the state testing data here is thin and dated.
The student body is diverse. The largest group is Hispanic, making up a substantial majority of the school. White students account for a significant share, with smaller numbers of Black students and students of two or more races. The school is large enough to have multiple classrooms per grade in the early grades, with kindergarten and first grade each having a sizable enrollment. Information on students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, students with disabilities, and English learners was not available. Similarly, there was no data on chronic absenteeism, discipline, or staffing ratios.
The school is part of the Avondale Elementary District, and the district's web presence did not yield recent, specific information about initiatives such as budget overrides, bond elections, or new curriculum programs. A parent may want to contact the district office or the school directly to learn about any investments in early childhood programming, class size reduction efforts, or literacy interventions that might be in place.
Housing in the area commands a typical price for the Phoenix metropolitan region, and the market has seen a slight softening recently. Rents are elevated relative to the national average, and the cost of mortgage payments is higher than the cost of renting a comparable home, a dynamic that is common in many Sun Belt markets. Avondale's rapid residential development continues.
Overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades, where the data exists, places Lattie Coor in the bottom quartile among districts in Maricopa County, using a comparison set of all districts in the county. That comparison is based on a limited snapshot, and the school's primary mission is serving very young children who are not yet taking state tests. For a family considering this school, the key facts are its limited grade span, its very young student body, and the dated and narrow testing data available. The school functions as an entry point for the elementary pipeline, and a parent may want to learn what the pathway looks like after second grade, including which school their child would feed into and what the academic trajectory at that school looks like.
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