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Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arizona average is about 45 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2017.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler
As a medium-sized multi-level school in CHANDLER, Arizona, Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler teaches 536 students from grades K through 12, part of Archway Classical Academy Chandler (90917).
Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler sits inside Archway Classical Academy Chandler (90917), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Looking at the student body, Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler reports that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 23% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 12% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.4:1 average.
In the broader community, census data for Maricopa County shows median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler is one.
Nearest neighbor: Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Looking at the recent track record. Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 536). The White share of enrollment contracted from 53% to 44% over that span.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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