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Royal Palm Middle School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 112 | 24% |
| Grade 7 | 169 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 40% |
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arizona schools, those numbers are about 45 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 11 points since 2017, while math scores are up about 1 points.
AASA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 17.0% |
| 2018-19 | 23.0% | 27.0% |
| 2017-18 | 25.0% | 27.0% |
Where Royal Palm Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arizona | In Maricopa County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #60 of 190 | #38 of 87 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #79 of 190 | #47 of 87 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #18 of 160 | #12 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 465 | #116 of 214 | #67 of 96 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #66 of 179 | #27 of 85 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #89 of 182 | #52 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.1% | #31 of 139 | #17 of 69 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 465 | 27 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 468 | 30.5 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 31.7 | 16.9:1 | 93% (497) |
| 2020-21 | 606 | 42 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 45.9 | 15.2:1 | 87% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 730 | 41 | 17.8:1 | 100% (730) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 36 | 18.6:1 | 79% (530) |
| 2000-01 | 1,240 | 66 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,002 | 50 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
About Royal Palm Middle School
Royal Palm Middle School is the name of a mid-sized middle school in PHOENIX, Arizona. Total enrollment is 465 students, and the grades served are 5 through 8.
Royal Palm Middle School is in Washington Elementary School District (4260), a district with 18,816 students across 33 schools.
More than half of the students at Royal Palm Middle School are Hispanic (65%). Beyond that, enrollment is 12% White, 11% Black, 7% Native American, and 4% multiracial. In Maricopa County overall, about 31% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Royal Palm Middle School scores 54%.
Royal Palm Middle School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.2:1. It is about the same as the 17.8:1 average for middle schools in Arizona.
In Maricopa County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $89,300 a year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The county has 1,352 public schools and about 725,139 students.
Washington Elementary School District Online Learning Academ sits less than a tenth of a mile from Royal Palm Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools.
Royal Palm Middle School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
The school's student count decreased 23% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.4 to 17.2 over 4 years.
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