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Sequoia Charter School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 29 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 70 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 76 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 62 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 67% smaller than its 8th grade class (89).
Test scores
AASA 2024-25 . % PassingWhat this means: On the AASA, Arizona's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level. The Arizona average is about 45 of 100. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2017.
AASA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.0% | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 16.0% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 15.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 2.0% | 2.0% |
| 2018-19 | 23.0% | 26.0% |
| 2017-18 | 22.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 764 | 47 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 685 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 362 | N/A | N/A | 84% (303) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | N/A | N/A | 78% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | N/A | N/A | 83% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | N/A | N/A | 95% (481) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | N/A | N/A | 44% (187) |
About Sequoia Charter School
Sequoia Charter School is a mid-sized school serving multiple grade levels. Its address is in MESA, Arizona. There are 764 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 12. That puts enrollment 39% larger than the 550-student average for combined schools in Arizona.
Sequoia Charter School belongs to Edkey Inc. dba Sequoia Charter School (6446).
Of every 100 students at Sequoia Charter School, about 73 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 11% Black, 9% White, 4% Native American, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Maricopa County, the Hispanic share is about 31%. The diversity index for Sequoia Charter School is 45%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 47 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1. Combined schools in Arizona average 21.4:1, 5.1 more students per teacher than here.
Census data for Maricopa County show the median household earns about $89,300 a year, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 1,352 public schools in the county, enrolling about 725,139, Sequoia Charter School among them.
Edkey Inc. - Sequoia Deaf School is less than a tenth of a mile from Sequoia Charter School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8.
Sequoia Charter School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Sequoia Charter School is a public charter school.
Sequoia Charter School reported 399 students in 2020-21 and 764 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades.
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