The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in English language arts. The lowest is 37% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Kyrene De La Esperanza School
Kyrene de la Esperanza School is a regular public elementary school in the Kyrene Elementary District, located in south Phoenix. It serves students from pre‑kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is part of a large, fast‑growing urban city with a car‑oriented built environment and a wide grid of streets, and the surrounding housing market shows values above state benchmarks but with a slight downward trend over the past year.
The school’s academic picture comes from state assessments in math, English language arts, and science for grades three, four, and five. In math, performance rises across the grade levels, with the highest result in fifth grade. In English language arts, the fourth‑grade cohort stands out with a stronger result than third or fifth grade. Science results, tested only in fifth grade, fall below the math and ELA marks for that grade. Taken together, the school’s overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint among districts in Maricopa County. Because this is an elementary school, no graduation rate is reported and no chronic absenteeism data was available in the sources provided. The two‑year trend shows little movement, with only two years of comparable data, so it is too early to read a clear direction.
The student body is diverse, with no single racial or ethnic group forming a majority. The largest groups are Hispanic students and white students, followed by Black students and students who identify as two or more races, with smaller shares of American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. Information on students eligible for free or reduced‑price meals, students receiving special education services, and English learners was not reported in the data provided, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about these supports. School‑level discipline and staffing data were also not available.
Homes in the immediate area carry a price above the typical Arizona home, with rents that also run above the state level, though both have softened year‑over‑year. The national affordability context shows that buying a home here would require a substantial income, with estimated monthly costs exceeding rents. This fits a broader urban market that has seen the city’s population grow steadily over recent decades.
The Kyrene Elementary District passed a voter‑approved override continuation in 2022 that maintains funding for art, music, physical education, foreign languages, and smaller class sizes. That funding was already in place, so the vote extended it rather than introduced new sources. This matters for Esperanza families because those programs are part of the elementary experience within the district. No other district‑wide changes were identified in the research.
No specific program offerings for this school were listed in the data, such as gifted education, dual‑language tracks, or before‑ and after‑school care. A family interested in those options would need to check with the school directly. The school’s modest‑sized enrollment for an elementary school serving PK‑5 suggests a setting where most students would be known by name to staff. The academic results, with a mix of stronger and weaker grade‑level outcomes, point to areas where the school is performing above the county midpoint overall but where individual grade‑level proficiency varies enough that a parent may want to ask how the school supports transition years and subject areas with lower results.
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