Arizona School For The Arts

Set in PHOENIX, Arizona, Arizona School For The Arts is a medium-sized 9-12 campus, run under Arizona School For The Arts (4345). It caters to 679 students across grades 5 through 12.

Arizona School For The Arts sits inside Arizona School For The Arts (4345), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Arizona School For The Arts shows that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 20.2:1, putting Arizona School For The Arts tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, Maricopa County reports that median household income runs about $89,300, 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 Arizona School For The Arts is one.

Genesis Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. As a public charter, Arizona School For The Arts runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 840 students in 2018 compared to 679 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 48% across the same window.

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