Imagine Cortez Park Middle

Imagine Cortez Park Middle operates as a tight-knit middle-grades school in PHOENIX, Arizona, run under Cortez Park Charter Middle School Inc. (79988). Current enrollment sits at 252 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 49% leaner than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 494 students.

Imagine Cortez Park Middle is a school of Cortez Park Charter Middle School Inc. (79988), the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Imagine Cortez Park Middle shows that 53% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Asian, 14% Black, 5% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, Imagine Cortez Park Middle lists 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.8:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate median household income runs about $89,300, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Imagine Cortez Park Middle is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Imagine Cortez Park Elementary, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Imagine Cortez Park Middle.

Imagine Cortez Park Middle operates from a downtown location. Imagine Cortez Park Middle 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 expanded 3%: 245 students in 2018 compared to 252 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 8% to 14% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.