Phoenix Modern

Phoenix Modern, a very small elementary school in Phoenix, Arizona, part of New Learning Ventures Inc. (320470), instructs 119 students, covering grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 74% smaller than the state mean of about 451.

Phoenix Modern sits inside New Learning Ventures Inc. (320470), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, Phoenix Modern records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 41% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Native American. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Phoenix Modern reports 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.0:1 average.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Phoenix Modern is one campus in the mix.

BASIS Phoenix Central Primary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Phoenix Modern.

Phoenix Modern operates from a high-density location. Phoenix Modern is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.