Original Research by School Decision on Phoenix #1 Iacademy
Phoenix #1 iAcademy is a regular public school serving kindergarten through eighth grade, part of the Phoenix Elementary District. Located in the urban core of Phoenix, the school sits on North 7th Street in a dense, mixed-use part of the city. The school is not a charter or magnet, and no Title I status was reported.
The school is very small. Its total enrollment is just a handful of students, and the grade-level data shows that all of them are in grades five through eight. Kindergarten through fourth grade have zero students reported, so the school effectively operates as a small middle school despite its listed K–8 span. This means children who attend will be in multi-grade classes or very small cohorts. A family considering this school would want to verify the actual grade offerings and understand whether the school plans to expand into the lower grades.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with smaller shares of White, Black, and American Indian students. Most families come from the surrounding neighborhood. Data on students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, students with disabilities, and English learners was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about these supports.
State testing results are suppressed for all subjects and grades. That is a common outcome when student group sizes are very small, as the state withholds results to protect student privacy. Because of this, no proficiency rates are available for mathematics, English language arts, or science, and there is no basis to compare this school’s academic performance against other schools in Maricopa County. The school does not serve high school grades, so it has no graduation rate. A parent looking for test-based evidence of academic strength will find none here and would need to rely on conversations with staff, classroom observations, and any local assessments the school may administer.
The school sits in a very large urban city. Phoenix is one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, with an economy built on services, technology, manufacturing, and tourism. The neighborhood around the school is in a central, older part of the city. Home values in the area have seen a slight decline recently, and rental prices have also eased, making the area somewhat more affordable than it was. The city grid is car-oriented, with wide roadways.
The search for recent district-level changes that would affect families turned up no specific items within the last few years, so no major bond overrides, curriculum shifts, or policy changes are documented.
Given the very small size and the suppression of nearly all academic data, this school appears to be a niche option for families who want a highly intimate setting where their child will be known personally by every adult in the building. The school likely functions more like a micro-school within the district. A parent should investigate how instruction is structured across combined grades, what enrichment or extracurriculars exist, and how the school addresses individual learning needs when state testing data cannot provide a snapshot of proficiency.
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