Original Research by School Decision on Compass Center
Compass Center was a public middle school in Phoenix, part of the Creighton Elementary District, and it is no longer in operation. The school served grades six through eight, but its lifecycle status is inactive, meaning it has closed and no longer enrolls students. For anyone looking at this school today, the central fact is that it does not currently exist as an active educational option.
Because Compass Center was a middle school, it did not have a graduation rate, as that measure applies only to high schools. The only academic assessment data on record comes from the 2014–15 school year, when Arizona administered the AzMERIT tests. The results for math, English language arts, and science were all suppressed. Suppression occurs when the number of students tested is too small to report publicly without risking individual student privacy. In the sixth grade, only a handful of students were tested; the eighth grade had a similarly small cohort. This very low tested count strongly suggests that the school had a tiny enrollment in its final years. No proficiency rates, participation rates, or scale scores were released.
Enrollment and demographic data are missing, along with information on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, race and ethnicity, and special education or English learner populations. Without that data, it is not possible to describe the student body that Compass Center served. The school was classified as a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. It was located in Phoenix, a large, sprawling urban center that has experienced rapid population growth over many decades. Phoenix’s economy is built around services, technology, tourism, and manufacturing, and the city has a car-oriented layout with a wide grid of roads. The housing market in the surrounding area shows home values and rents that sit above national averages, though specific figures are not needed to get a sense that this is a relatively expensive part of the country’s Sun Belt.
The district, Creighton Elementary District, did not surface any recent parent-relevant changes such as curriculum overhauls, bond votes, or new programs in the publicly available material. The search turned up basic profile information but no announcements of lasting impact for families.
Compass Center was included in a comparison of schools within Maricopa County districts, but the comparison could not be performed because its overall proficiency index was missing. That gap is a direct consequence of the suppressed test results; without a proficiency rate, no meaningful ranking or comparison against other schools was possible.
For a parent or resident researching this school, the straightforward answer is that it is no longer active. The available records are thin, reflecting a school that appears to have been very small before it closed. If a family is looking at Creighton Elementary District’s current offerings, they would need to look at the district’s other active schools. Compass Center itself no longer provides an academic pathway or peer environment because it does not exist as a functioning school.
See more original research from School Decision →