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Academy of Math and Science Camelback
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Academy of Math and Science Camelback
Academy of Math and Science Camelback operates as an expansive elementary campus in PHOENIX, Arizona, one of the schools within Academy of Mathematics and Science Inc. (92768). Current enrollment sits at 1,063 students spanning grades K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Academy of Math and Science Camelback sits 136% larger than that benchmark.
Academy of Math and Science Camelback is a school of Academy of Mathematics and Science Inc. (92768), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Academy of Math and Science Camelback records that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Academy of Math and Science Camelback higher than the state norm the norm.
Around the school, census data for Maricopa County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Academy of Math and Science Camelback is one.
Desert Sands Academy of Mass Communication & Journalism is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Academy of Math and Science Camelback.
The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. Academy of Math and Science Camelback operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 32%: 807 students in 2018 compared to 1,063 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 90% to 86%.
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