Ombudsman - Charter Northwest

As a minimally staffed high school in Peoria, Arizona, Ombudsman - Charter Northwest instructs 203 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Ombudsman Educational Services Ltd.a subsidiary (4323). By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 631 students each, so Ombudsman - Charter Northwest sits 68% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Ombudsman Educational Services Ltd.a subsidiary (4323), which oversees 8 schools and 1,736 students, Ombudsman - Charter Northwest is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ombudsman - Charter Northwest logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder consists of 29% White, 13% Black, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 40.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 20.2:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put median household earnings sit near $89,300, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Ombudsman - Charter Northwest is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Peoria Accelerated High School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting. As a public charter, Ombudsman - Charter Northwest runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Ombudsman - Charter Northwest's enrollment has edged up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 183 (now 203). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 48% to 56%.

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