Pathfinder Academy

Set in MESA, Arizona, Pathfinder Academy is a moderately sized primary school, operated by Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045). It instructs 554 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy (81045) comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 962 students; Pathfinder Academy is among them.

On demographics, Pathfinder Academy shows that nearly all students (85%) are White. The remainder reads as 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Pathfinder Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Las Sendas Elementary School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a city-core setting. Pathfinder Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Pathfinder Academy has rose 41%, going from 394 students in 2018 to 554 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Pathfinder Academy typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.