Shumway Leadership Academy, Chandler AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Shumway Leadership Academy

Shumway Leadership Academy is a regular public elementary school in Chandler, within the Chandler Unified School District, serving students from pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. It is not a charter or magnet school. The school sits in a large, fast-growing Phoenix suburb that mixes residential subdivisions with a major tech and semiconductor employment base, anchored by employers such as Intel, Wells Fargo, and Northrop Grumman. Chandler is car-oriented, with a small historic downtown and a broader landscape of freeway corridors and master-planned neighborhoods.

The school’s enrollment is concentrated in the elementary grades, with a notable share of students in the early years through fifth grade. The student body is diverse. More than half of the students are Hispanic. White students make up a little over a quarter of the population, and there are smaller shares of students who are Asian, Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, and those identifying with two or more races. Data on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, receive special education services, or are English learners was not available in the provided data, which limits a full picture of the school’s support needs.

Academically, the state assessment results from a recent school year paint a mixed picture. In math, proficiency rates among tested grades ranged from roughly a fifth to more than a third of students meeting the bar, with fifth grade showing the highest rate. In English language arts, proficiency rates were in a similar band, ranging from about three in ten to four in ten, with fifth grade again the strongest. Science results, available for fifth grade only, showed about a third of students proficient. Taken together, the school’s overall performance on state tests placed it below the midpoint among districts in Maricopa County. A parent may want to ask the school about its academic improvement strategies, particularly in the grades where proficiency rates were lowest.

The school’s name emphasizes leadership, but no specific program offerings, curricular focus areas, or enrichment details were provided in the data. The district brief turned up little in the way of recent parent-relevant changes, so any developments in school operations, staffing, or programming are not available to report here. There is no graduation rate to consider, as the school does not serve high school grades.

The housing market in the school’s area reflects a typical Chandler price point. Home values and rents are on the higher side relative to national benchmarks and have seen a modest dip recently. The area’s strong employment base, particularly in technology, supports a relatively affluent local economy, though affordability for families varies.

Overall, Shumway Leadership Academy is a community elementary school in a large, economically active suburb. Its academic results on state assessments are below the county median, which is worth examining closely. The school serves a diverse student population, and a parent looking into this school would benefit from a direct conversation about academic support, leadership programming, and how the school addresses the needs of its students across all tested subjects.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 327%

School 27% · District 44% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

Grade 421%

School 21% · District 30% · ▼ 9 pts below district

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

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 53% · ▼ 17 pts below district

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

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 26% · ▼ 2 pts below district

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

English language arts

Grade 330%

School 30% · District 35% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 14 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 540%

School 40% · District 32% · ▲ 8 pts above district

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

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 58% · ▼ 25 pts below district

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

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 48% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▼ 6 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.