Westwind Intermediate School - Closed, Phoenix AZ

Original Research by School Decision on Westwind Intermediate School - Closed

Westwind Intermediate School is closed. It was a regular public school in the Pendergast Elementary District in Phoenix, and it served middle grades, which the directory lists simply as M through M. Because the school is no longer active, the portrait of what it was comes from a single year of state assessment data plus the community context of the larger Phoenix area. There is nothing current to visit or apply to; this record exists for anyone trying to understand the community’s academic history at that campus.

The school’s academic performance for the school year ending in 2011 was centered on the Arizona AIMS tests. In reading, a strong share of students scored at or above the proficiency standard in each tested grade, with the largest share among seventh graders. In mathematics, the results were more uneven. The share of students meeting the proficiency benchmark was highest for seventh graders and lower for fifth, sixth, and eighth graders. Eighth graders also took a science assessment, where about half of students met the proficiency bar. Relative to the full set of districts in Maricopa County, Westwind Intermediate’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades placed it in the top quartile at the time. A parent reading this data today should weigh it with the understanding that it is from a single year and that the school has been closed for some time; it does not reflect current instruction in the Pendergast Elementary District.

No enrollment figures, no demographic breakdowns, no free-or-reduced-price lunch data, and no graduation rate are available in the records. Since the school served only middle grades, a graduation rate would not apply. The absence of enrollment and demographic data means it is not possible to describe the peer environment of the school from the source material.

The school was part of the Pendergast Elementary District, which covers a portion of the large, sprawling city of Phoenix. Phoenix is a fast-growing urban center that functions as a financial, communications, and transportation hub for the Mountain West. Its economy is concentrated in high-technology manufacturing, services, and tourism, anchored by Sky Harbor International Airport. The city’s built environment is car-oriented, with a precise grid of wide roadways on generally flat topography. No recent district-level changes that would affect a family’s decision were found in the search of public records; the search turned up little of lasting impact to report.

For a family looking at this area today, the relevant question is which currently operating schools in the Pendergast Elementary District serve its middle-grade students. The housing market in the broader ZIP code area, where the school was located, shows home values and rents that are near the national benchmark, with mortgage rates that have fluctuated in the low to mid-six percent range over recent months. The unemployment rate nationally has been steady at a moderate level, and median household income nationally has held around the level it has been for the past several years. These economic context figures are national rather than local, so they provide only a general backdrop.

Westwind Intermediate School’s record is a closed chapter. For those researching the past offerings of this campus, the available testing data indicates that in its last measured year the school’s students performed at a level that was strong relative to other district peers in the county at the time, particularly in reading. For anyone seeking an active school, the Pendergast Elementary District is the place to start inquiring.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 18% · ▲ 36 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 14% · ▲ 36 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Grade 769%

School 69% · District 16% · ▲ 53 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 36 pts above county median

Grade 852%

School 52% · District 18% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 576%

School 76% · District 22% · ▲ 54 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Grade 673%

School 73% · District 25% · ▲ 48 pts above district

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 783%

School 83% · District 27% · ▲ 56 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 31% · ▲ 42 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 31 pts above county median

Science

Grade 848%

School 48% · District 20% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

This schoolPendergast Elementary District (4283), 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.