Balsz Online Academy (B.O.A.)

Balsz Online Academy (B.O.A.) is one of the minimally staffed elementary schools in PHOENIX, Arizona, part of Balsz Elementary District (4268), with 6 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Balsz Online Academy (B.O.A.) sits 99% below that benchmark.

Within Balsz Elementary District (4268), which oversees 6 schools and 1,936 students, Balsz Online Academy (B.O.A.) is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Balsz Online Academy (B.O.A.) records that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 17% Hispanic, 17% multiracial, 17% Native American. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate 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 Balsz Online Academy (B.O.A.) is one.

Nearest neighbor: Brunson-Lee Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Balsz Online Academy (B.O.A.) delivers learning online rather than in a traditional classroom setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.