The top reported proficiency rate is 70% in Science. The lowest is 63% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Las Brisas Elementary School
Las Brisas Elementary School, a regular public school serving prekindergarten through sixth grade in Glendale, sits within the Deer Valley Unified School District. It is a regular public school, not a charter, and there was no data available on magnet or Title I status.
The school’s student body is predominantly white, with a Hispanic population as the next largest group, and smaller shares of students who are two or more races, Asian, Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. Data on the share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as well as counts of students with IEPs or English learner classifications, were not available, so a family interested in those specific support contexts would need to ask the school directly.
On state assessments for the most recent school year, Las Brisas posted solid results that place the school in the top quartile relative to districts across Maricopa County. In math, the share of students meeting proficiency was strong across grades three through five, with a dip in grade six. In English language arts, grade four posted the highest proficiency share, while grade three was lower but still in a range many families would consider respectable. Science results, available for grade five, showed a strong proficiency share as well. Because the school serves only through sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, which is typical for a school of this grade band.
The comparison data, which places Las Brisas against school-level performance within districts across Maricopa County, is a broad reference. In that large field, the school’s overall proficiency index lands well above the midpoint, a meaningful signal of consistent academic strength across the grades it serves. A multi-year trend was not available with a prior year for comparison, so it is not possible to say whether scores are moving up or down.
Glendale, the city where the school is located, is a large suburban city bordering Phoenix. It is auto-oriented over most of its area, with walkable pockets in Historic Downtown and the Westgate Entertainment District. Major employers include Luke Air Force Base, Banner Health, and several school districts, including Deer Valley Unified itself. The city has a growing population and a mix of residential subdivisions, retail, manufacturing, and large entertainment venues. Housing values in the school’s ZIP code are above the state median, and rents are also elevated, putting the area at a higher cost of entry for families moving in. The unemployment rate nationally was near a moderate level at the time of the data, and mortgage rates were in a range that affects affordability for homebuyers.
The Deer Valley Unified School District operates across this part of Glendale and beyond. A search for recent parent-relevant changes, such as bond elections or curriculum updates, did not yield specifics that could be confirmed with proper source URLs, so that information is not available here. Families reliant on knowing the district’s near-term direction may want to check the district website or attend a board meeting.
For a parent considering Las Brisas, the picture is one of a school whose academic performance on state tests is comfortably above average for its county, set within a large, growing suburban city with a high cost of housing. The student body is diverse but not extremely so, and the lack of data on economic disadvantage and special education populations means those are unknowns worth exploring directly. The school’s grade band stops at sixth, so the transition to a middle school in Deer Valley Unified or elsewhere will be a near-term consideration for any family enrolling here. The school itself appears to be delivering a solid academic foundation through the elementary years, with the caveat that grade six math proficiency was the weakest point in the testing data, something a parent may want to ask about.
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