The top reported proficiency rate is 30% in Math. The lowest is 28% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Encanto School
Encanto School is a regular public school in Phoenix, part of the Osborn Elementary District, serving students from pre-kindergarten through third grade. It is not a charter school. The school is situated in a large, sprawling urban center that has grown rapidly over decades and functions as a major hub for the Mountain West region, with an economy concentrated in services, high-technology, manufacturing, tourism, and transportation.
The school serves more than six hundred students, with the largest grade-level enrollments in kindergarten, first grade, second grade, and third grade, in that order. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with White students representing the next-largest group, followed by Black students, students of two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native students, Asian students, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander students. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, students with disabilities, and English learners was not available.
Academic performance is measured through state assessments for third grade only, as the school’s grade band does not extend into the tested upper grades. In the most recent testing year, the school’s proficiency rate in math was roughly three in ten students, and in English language arts it was slightly below that. These results placed Encanto School below the midpoint on an overall proficiency index among schools in Maricopa County. The school had only a single year of reported assessment data for each subject, so no trend line is available. Older science results from a decade earlier were suppressed, likely due to too few students to report.
A key financial development affects the district as a whole. In the November 2024 general election, voters rejected a continuation of the district’s maintenance and operations budget override. The override had been approved in a prior election. Under Arizona law, a failed override is reduced by one-third each year and fully eliminated by the third year. This means the district, and therefore Encanto School, faces phased budget reductions that will affect educational programs and services over the coming years. Families considering this school may want to ask the district how those cuts are being allocated and what impact is expected at the school level.
The housing market in the school’s zip code shows home values near the midpoint of the national benchmark, while rents are modestly above. The national economic context includes a 30-year fixed mortgage rate above six percent and a moderate unemployment rate.
Encanto School is a small, neighborhood-focused elementary serving only the early primary grades, with a diverse student population. Its academic proficiency, based on the limited data available for third grade, falls below the county median. The district’s recent voter rejection of a budget override introduces a financial constraint that families may want to monitor. The school does not serve grades that produce a graduation rate, and broader program and course access data was not available.
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