Somerset Academy Skyway Campus

Located at 14900 W VAN BUREN ST, in GOODYEAR, Arizona, Somerset Academy Skyway Campus is a rural-scale K-5 school that hosts 143 students (grades K through 8), run under Somerset Academy Arizona Inc. (1000160). That puts it 68% smaller than the typical public school in Arizona, which averages around 451 students.

Operationally, Somerset Academy Skyway Campus answers to Somerset Academy Arizona Inc. (1000160), which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, Somerset Academy Skyway Campus records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 22% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Somerset Academy Skyway Campus tighter than the state norm the norm.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Maricopa County's 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), Somerset Academy Skyway Campus is one campus in the mix.

Centerra Mirage STEM Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Somerset Academy Skyway Campus operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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