Imagine Bell Canyon

Imagine Bell Canyon is an intimate primary school in PHOENIX, Arizona, part of Bell Canyon Charter School Inc (79983). The school caters to 255 students in grades K through 8. That puts it 43% leaner than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Bell Canyon Charter School Inc (79983) is the operating authority for Imagine Bell Canyon, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Imagine Bell Canyon shows that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 20% White, 13% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Imagine Bell Canyon logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Imagine Bell Canyon higher than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, 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. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Imagine Bell Canyon is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Imagine Online Academy of Arizona, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Imagine Bell Canyon.

The school occupies a high-density site. Imagine Bell Canyon is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 347 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 44% to 20% across the same window.

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