New Horizon School for the Performing Arts

As an one-room-style K-5 school in MESA, Arizona, New Horizon School for the Performing Arts teaches 119 students from grades K through 6, operated by New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366). Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 451.

New Horizon School for the Performing Arts (4366) is the operating authority for New Horizon School for the Performing Arts, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, New Horizon School for the Performing Arts shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. Other groups include 14% White, 6% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, 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 roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which New Horizon School for the Performing Arts is one.

The closest other public school is Franklin Accelerated Academy - Downtown Campus, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. New Horizon School for the Performing Arts is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 24%: 157 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025.

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