The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in Math. The lowest is 37% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Village Meadows Elementary School
Village Meadows Elementary School serves students from preschool through sixth grade as a regular public school within the Deer Valley Unified District in Phoenix. The school sits in a large, sprawling urban center that is among the fastest-growing cities in the nation, a place whose economy has shifted from its agricultural roots toward services, technology, and manufacturing. Phoenix is car-oriented, built on a wide grid, with downtown as a recognized civic and commercial hub. This is the setting families would be navigating, and the school’s location within Phoenix means access to a major metropolitan area with a range of employers and cultural institutions, though specific walkability or transit details for the immediate neighborhood were not found in the available research.
The student body is diverse, with the largest share of students identifying as Hispanic, followed by white, and smaller shares identifying as Black, two or more races, American Indian or Alaska Native, and Asian. The school enrolls a sizable preschool group along with balanced numbers in kindergarten through sixth grade. Information on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch was not available, nor were counts of students with disabilities or English learners, so a parent would want to ask the school directly about the kinds of support available for those populations.
On state assessments, the school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades sits above the midpoint when compared with other districts in Maricopa County. That is a relative strength. Looking at specific grade levels, the data show a mixed picture. For fourth grade, about half of students met proficiency in both math and English language arts. Fifth grade math reached a similar level, but fifth grade ELA was lower, with roughly a third of students proficient. In science at fifth grade, slightly more than a third of students were proficient. Sixth grade math was notably lower, with about a third of students proficient, while sixth grade ELA was higher, at a little under half. Third grade results for both math and ELA were suppressed due to small group sizes, which is a common state practice to protect student privacy. A parent reviewing these numbers would see that proficiency generally hovers around the midpoint or below, with some grades and subjects stronger than others.
No chronic absenteeism rate was reported, and discipline and staffing data were not available, so a family interested in those dimensions would need to seek that information from the school or district directly. The Deer Valley Unified District did not have any recent parent-relevant changes surfaced in the research, such as bond elections or curriculum shifts, so the district context appears stable from the available material.
Housing in the school’s zip code is priced at a level that tracks close to the state benchmark, and recent trends show a modest softening in both home values and rents. The national economic backdrop includes a 30-year mortgage rate that has fluctuated in the mid-single digits and an unemployment rate that remains low by historical standards. For families weighing relocation or home purchase in this part of Phoenix, these are relevant but not unusual conditions.
Village Meadows is a neighborhood elementary school within a large district, serving a diverse population in a fast-growing major city. Its academic performance is about average or slightly above when set against other schools across Maricopa County, though individual grade-level results vary enough that a parent would want to look closely at how the school supports students in the middle grades, particularly in math. The absence of data on poverty levels, special education, and English learner services is a gap worth investigating directly.
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