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Estrella Foothills Global Academy
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
About Estrella Foothills Global Academy
Set in Laveen, Arizona, Estrella Foothills Global Academy is a sizable K-5 school, part of Laveen Elementary District (4276). It educates 984 students across grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 451 students each, so Estrella Foothills Global Academy sits 118% above that benchmark.
Estrella Foothills Global Academy is one of 9 schools operated by Laveen Elementary District (4276), a district that serves 8,111 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Estrella Foothills Global Academy lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%; the rest looks like 16% Black, 15% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs that median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Estrella Foothills Global Academy is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).
Nearest neighbor: Paseo Pointe Dual Language Academy, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
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