Anthem School, Anthem AZ - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Anthem School

Anthem School serves students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade in the Deer Valley Unified School District. It is a regular public school, not a charter, located within the master-planned community of Anthem in northern Maricopa County. The school draws its enrollment from what is overwhelmingly a residential, family-oriented setting, with a notable share of the population under eighteen and a high rate of owner-occupied housing.

The student body is predominantly white, with a sizable Hispanic minority and small Asian, multiracial, Black, and Native American populations. Data on the share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price meals, as well as the share receiving special education services or English-learner support, was not available in the record.

Academically, Anthem School shows a pattern where performance is mixed across grade levels and subjects. In the most recent state testing, math proficiency was highest in fourth grade, where a large majority of students met the bar, and also strong in third and eighth grades. Fifth and seventh grade math results were more modest, while sixth grade math proficiency was notably lower, a drop a parent may want to look into further with the school. In English language arts, proficiency rates were more consistent, with fifth and eighth graders showing the strongest results and third and fourth graders at the lower end. Science results, available for fifth and eighth graders, were solid for both grades. Taking all tested subjects and grades together, the school’s overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile of districts across Maricopa County, a strong result relative to its peers.

Because the school ends at eighth grade, there is no high school graduation rate to report. Multi-year trends are limited to a single year of data, so no direction of change can be assessed.

Anthem itself is a car-dependent community with no traditional downtown. Amenities are concentrated around a community center and park complex that includes sports fields, an amphitheater, and trails. The community was built out over time as a planned development, with much of its initial growth behind it. Housing costs are high, with both home values and rents well above national benchmarks. Most residents commute by car to work elsewhere in the Phoenix metro area.

The parent district, Deer Valley Unified, was searched for recent parent-relevant changes such as bond elections, curriculum decisions, or budget shifts. While general district information exists, no specific recent changes with lasting impact could be confirmed from the available sources.

For a family considering Anthem School, the picture is of a school with strong overall academic standing within its county, housed in a stable, master-planned suburban community with high housing costs. The variability in math proficiency by grade level and the dip in sixth grade math are details worth raising directly with the school. The absence of data on free-lunch eligibility, special education, and English-learner populations leaves an incomplete picture of the school’s support systems and economic diversity. The school does not serve high school grades, so the transition to a secondary school elsewhere in the district is a practical consideration.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 56% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 485%

School 85% · District 37% · ▲ 48 pts above district

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

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 55% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 26% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 21% · ▲ 24 pts above district

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

Grade 865%

School 65% · District 43% · ▲ 22 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 23% · ▲ 29 pts above district

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

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 38% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 568%

School 68% · District 52% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 661%

School 61% · District 58% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 757%

School 57% · District 38% · ▲ 19 pts above district

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

Grade 863%

School 63% · District 56% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Science

Grade 555%

School 55% · District 51% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 51% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

This schoolDeer Valley Unified District (4246), 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.