Self Development Scottsdale Academy, Glendale AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Self Development Scottsdale Academy

Self Development Scottsdale Academy is a charter school that has been classified as inactive. The district brief, based on public reporting, indicates the school closed in 2023. Because it is no longer operating, the information available is primarily historical and does not represent a current educational option for families.

The school was located in Glendale, a large suburban city bordering Phoenix. Glendale is characterized by a mix of residential neighborhoods, major retail centers like Arrowhead Towne Center and the Westgate Entertainment District, sports and entertainment venues such as State Farm Stadium, and industrial employers including Honeywell Aerospace and Conair. The city also hosts Luke Air Force Base and Midwestern University. Its built environment is largely auto-oriented, with walkable areas concentrated in Historic Downtown and Westgate. Multiple school districts serve different parts of the city, and the city itself is growing at a modest rate.

The school served a grade band that the data labels as “M through M,” which a parent would want to clarify directly. Since the school is closed and inactive, state testing data is available only from the 2021-22 school year, the last period before it ceased operations. In that year, the school’s reported proficiency rates across math and English language arts for grades three through eight generally fell below the midpoint relative to other districts in Maricopa County. However, a substantial share of the assessment results were suppressed, meaning the data was not reported, and participation rates were low. For example, in fourth-grade math and sixth-grade ELA, about half of the students who took the state test scored at the proficient level. In seventh-grade ELA, the share of proficient students was higher. Because of the suppression of many results and the small numbers involved, drawing a reliable picture of overall student performance from these figures is difficult.

No enrollment, demographic, or free-or-reduced-price lunch data was available for the school. There was no information on special education or English learner populations. Because the school did not serve high school grades, there was no graduation rate. The school offered no reported programs such as Advanced Placement, career and technical education, or dual credit courses. The school’s charter status means it operated as a publicly funded, independently run school, but with the closure, that designation is now purely historical.

For a parent or resident reading this, the core fact is that Self Development Scottsdale Academy is not an active school. The district that housed it is effectively dissolved for the purpose of serving new students. Any inquiry about attending this school will lead to a dead end, and families looking for a school in the Glendale area would need to turn to the active districts serving the city, such as Glendale Union High School District, Deer Valley Unified School District, or Glendale Elementary School District, depending on the grade level and location.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 25%

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

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

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

Grade 625%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 33%

▲ 1 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 320%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 38%

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

Grade 767%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

This schoolSelf Development Scottsdale Academy (308420), 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.