Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella

Located at 3400 Dysart Rd, in Avondale, Arizona, Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella is a tight-knit four-year high school that teaches 335 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc. (90779). That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 631 students.

Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella sits inside Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center Inc. (90779), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 30% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, 5% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 20.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: West-MEC Estrella Mountain Community College, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Arizona Agribusiness & Equine Center - Estrella's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 400 (now 335). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 41% to 54%.

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