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Which teacher or staff member at Imagine Avondale Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
343
Elementary
STATE 451
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IMAGINE AVONDALE ELEMENTARY INC. (89784)·NCES 040078002928
Imagine Avondale Elementary
950 N. Elisio C. Felix Jr. Way, Avondale, AZ 85323 · (623) 344-1730 · Maricopa County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Arizona public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ·Beats expectations Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arizona public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
,
Title I proxy
STATE 95%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 65% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AASA 2023-24 . % PassingEnglish Language Arts
19.0%
AZ avg 42.2% . -24.0pp since 2017
Math
9.0%
AZ avg 35.1% . -42.0pp since 2017
What this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 42 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 24 points since 2017, while math scores are down about 42 points.
AASA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 9.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 2.0% |
| 2018-19 | 50.0% | 51.0% |
| 2017-18 | 43.0% | 51.0% |
% Passing, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AASA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Imagine Avondale Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arizona | In Maricopa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #947 of 1,072 ▼ 64 | #590 of 646 ▼ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #917 of 1,072 ▼ 45 | #563 of 646 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #374 of 930 | #229 of 577 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #816 of 1,223 | #561 of 692 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #450 of 991 | #262 of 615 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.7% | #737 of 1,007 | #480 of 627 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.0% | #88 of 721 | #54 of 456 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
343
-124 (-27%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 486
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 343 | 21 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 426 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 447 | N/A | N/A | 79% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 467 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 528 | N/A | N/A | 78% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | N/A | N/A | 77% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | N/A | N/A | 53% (258) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Imagine Avondale Elementary.
About Imagine Avondale Elementary
Imagine Avondale Elementary is a small elementary school. Its address is in Avondale, Arizona. It educates 343 students in kindergarten through 5. The school's enrollment is 24% smaller than the 451 average for elementary schools in Arizona.
Federal records list Imagine Avondale Elementary Inc. (89784) as the district for Imagine Avondale Elementary.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Imagine Avondale Elementary, at 76%. The next largest groups are 13% Black, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. In Maricopa County overall, about 31% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 41% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1 at Imagine Avondale Elementary, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 17.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arizona.
The allk12 Grade for Imagine Avondale Elementary is C-. Compared with Arizona public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
County data help place the school in context: in Maricopa County, the median household income is $89,300, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Maricopa County is home to 1,352 public schools and about 725,139 public school students.
The shortest distance from Imagine Avondale Elementary to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to Imagine Avondale Middle. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics. Imagine Avondale Elementary is a public charter school.
Over 4 years, Imagine Avondale Elementary's enrollment dropped 27%, to 343.
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Maricopa County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,559,748
Census ACS
Median income
$89,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,352
725,139 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Avondale
- West Point High SchoolHigh · 2,782 students
- La Joya Community High SchoolHigh · 2,306 students
- Westview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Agua Fria High SchoolHigh · 1,535 students
- Legacy Traditional School - AvondaleElementary · 1,346 students
- Garden Lakes Elementary SchoolElementary · 941 students
Nearby schools
- Imagine Avondale Middle0.0 mi · 164
- West-MEC - Agua Fria High School0.3 mi · 1
- Agua Fria High School0.3 mi · 1,535
- ThrivePoint High School at Avondale0.4 mi · 134
- Estrella High School0.7 mi · 138
- Eliseo C. Felix School0.7 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Imagine Avondale ElementaryHow large is Imagine Avondale Elementary?
Imagine Avondale Elementary enrolls approximately 343 students in grades KG-05.
Is Imagine Avondale Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Imagine Avondale Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Imagine Avondale Elementary have?
Imagine Avondale Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Imagine Avondale Elementary?
At Imagine Avondale Elementary, the student body is approximately 8% White, 76% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Imagine Avondale Elementary public or private?
Imagine Avondale Elementary is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Imagine Avondale Elementary Inc. (89784).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.