Arizona Connections Academy

Arizona Connections Academy operates as a well-populated all-grades campus in GILBERT, Arizona, part of Arizona Connections Academy Charter School Inc. (87407). Current enrollment sits at 1,891 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 550 students each, so Arizona Connections Academy sits 244% bigger than that benchmark.

Arizona Connections Academy Charter School Inc. (87407) is the operating authority for Arizona Connections Academy, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Arizona Connections Academy logs that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, 3% Native American. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Arizona Connections Academy records 98 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.4:1. The state averages around 21.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Arizona Connections Academy is one campus in the mix.

Great Hearts Academies - Archway Lincoln is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an inner-city site. As a public charter, Arizona Connections Academy runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Arizona Connections Academy has ticked down 14%, going from 2,196 students in 2018 to 1,891 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 56% to 42% across the same window.

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