ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Primary

Set in Phoenix, Arizona, ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Primary is a rural-scale elementary-level community, part of ASU Preparatory Academy (92716). It teaches 65 students across grades K through 4. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Primary sits 86% smaller than that benchmark.

ASU Preparatory Academy (92716) is the operating authority for ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Primary, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Demographically, ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Primary logs that 83% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder breaks down as 9% Black, 3% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Primary has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Primary is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Intermediate is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Primary 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. ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix Primary's enrollment has contracted 67% since 2018, when it stood at 197 (now 65).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.