Center for Academic Success #5 - Sierra Vista K-8
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AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2017, while math scores are up about 3 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Center for Academic Success #5 - Sierra Vista K-8
As a compact K-5 school in SIERRA VISTA, Arizona, Center for Academic Success #5 - Sierra Vista K-8 works with 360 students from grades K through 8, operated by Center for Academic Success Inc. (4191). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Center for Academic Success #5 - Sierra Vista K-8 sits 20% leaner than that benchmark.
Center for Academic Success Inc. (4191) runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,125 students. Center for Academic Success #5 - Sierra Vista K-8 is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, Center for Academic Success #5 - Sierra Vista K-8 records that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 9% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Cochise County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Center for Academic Success #5 - Sierra Vista K-8 reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.
In the area at large, census data for Cochise County shows the typical household earns roughly $59,742 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Center for Academic Success #5 - Sierra Vista K-8 is one of 87 public schools in Cochise County (combined enrollment of about 18,288 students).
Nearest neighbor: Center for Academic Success #1 - Sierra Vista 9-12, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
The school occupies a downtown site. Center for Academic Success #5 - Sierra Vista K-8 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. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 395 students in 2018 compared to 360 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 38% to 28% across the same window.
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