BASIS Peoria

As a sprawling 9-12 campus in PEORIA, Arizona, BASIS Peoria teaches 1,021 students from grades 5 through 12, part of BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90841). Enrollment runs roughly 62% above the state mean of about 631.

BASIS Peoria is a school of BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (90841), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, BASIS Peoria reports that 74% of the student body identifies as Asian. Beyond that, the school logs 12% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 5%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, BASIS Peoria has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.2:1. The state averages about 20.2:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Zooming out to the county, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), BASIS Peoria is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BASIS Peoria Primary, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. BASIS Peoria 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. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BASIS Peoria has grew 23%, going from 831 students in 2018 to 1,021 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 31% to 12% over that span.

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