Edison School of Innovation

Edison School of Innovation is one of the close-knit elementary schools in GLENDALE, Arizona, part of Edison Project (743644), with 237 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Edison School of Innovation sits 47% below that benchmark.

Operationally, Edison School of Innovation answers to Edison Project (743644), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, Edison School of Innovation records that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 18% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $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. Edison School of Innovation is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Sunset Ridge Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site. Edison School of Innovation is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.