Challenge Charter School

Challenge Charter School is a tight-knit K-5 school in GLENDALE, Arizona, one of the schools within Challenge School Inc. (6362). The school teaches 364 students in grades K through 6.

Operationally, Challenge Charter School answers to Challenge School Inc. (6362), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, Challenge Charter School shows that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% Black, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Challenge Charter School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Greenbrier Elementary School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a residential site. Challenge Charter School is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Challenge Charter School has declined 27%, going from 502 students in 2018 to 364 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 64% to 53%.

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