Leading Edge Academy Online

Leading Edge Academy Online, a micro-enrollment combined-grade school in GILBERT, Arizona, operated by LEAD Charter Schools (79967), instructs 70 students, covering grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 87% leaner than the state mean of about 550.

Within LEAD Charter Schools (79967), which oversees 4 schools and 757 students, Leading Edge Academy Online is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Leading Edge Academy Online reports that the largest single group is White at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 30% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.4:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Leading Edge Academy Online is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: South Valley Jr. High, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Leading Edge Academy Online.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. Leading Edge Academy Online is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Five-year trend. Leading Edge Academy Online's enrollment has edged up 49% since 2018, when it stood at 47 (now 70). Over the same period, the Black share climbed from 13% to 20%.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Leading Edge Academy Online community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.