Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary, Chandler AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary

Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary is a regular public school in the Chandler Unified School District, serving students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. It sits on Hartford Street in Chandler, a large Phoenix suburb that has grown rapidly around tech and semiconductor employment, with Intel and other major employers anchoring a corridor along the Loop 202 and Loop 101 freeways. The city is car-oriented, with master-planned subdivisions and a historic downtown core now embedded in a sprawling suburban grid.

The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of White, Black, Asian, and multiracial students, and a very small number of Native American and Pacific Islander students. Data on economic need, special education, and English learner status were not available in the school’s records, so a family may want to ask the school directly about those supports.

On state assessments, Hartford Sylvia Encinas Elementary’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits below the midpoint among the districts in Maricopa County. In math, proficiency rates rise somewhat as students get older: in the earliest tested grade, about a quarter of students met the standard, and by sixth grade the share was approaching half. In reading, proficiency rates were lower overall, hovering around a quarter to a third of students across grades. Science results for fifth grade were similar to the reading figures. For a school serving only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report, and chronic absenteeism data were also not provided.

The school did not have multi-year test results, so trends cannot be assessed, but the single year of scores gives a baseline that families may want to discuss with the school administration.

Chandler’s housing market reflects its position as a growing tech hub: home values and rents in the area are above national medians, though both have eased slightly in recent months. The local economy remains strong, anchored by Intel, Wells Fargo, and other large employers, and the city continues to add jobs along its freeway corridors. The school itself is located near the historic downtown rectangle that defined the original 1912 townsite, but like most Chandler schools it sits within a residential neighborhood that requires a car to reach most destinations.

The district brief did not yield concrete recent changes that would affect parents directly, so those considering the school should check with Chandler Unified for any updates to boundaries, programs, or policies.

Overall, this is a regular elementary school within a large, fast-growing suburban district. Its student body is diverse, its test results place it below the county average, and its community context is one of steady economic expansion. A family evaluating this school will want to learn more about the supports available for students who are not yet meeting academic benchmarks and about any enrichment or intervention programs the school offers.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 325%

School 25% · District 44% · ▼ 19 pts below district

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

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 30% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Grade 529%

School 29% · District 53% · ▼ 24 pts below district

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

Grade 643%

School 43% · District 26% · ▲ 17 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 321%

School 21% · District 35% · ▼ 14 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 434%

School 34% · District 32% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Grade 526%

School 26% · District 32% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 630%

School 30% · District 58% · ▼ 28 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 48% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

This schoolChandler Unified District #80 (4242), 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.