Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix

Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix operates as a modestly sized all-grades campus in PHOENIX, Arizona, part of Daisy Education Corporation dba Sonoran Science Ac (89914). Current enrollment sits at 439 students spanning grades K through 12. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 550 students each, so Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix sits 20% smaller than that benchmark.

Daisy Education Corporation dba Sonoran Science Ac (89914) is the operating authority for Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix lists that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 22% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 8% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 6% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. The state averages around 21.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Maricopa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix is one.

The closest other public school is Gateway School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix.

Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix operates from an inner-city location. Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Over the past 7-year window. Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix's enrollment has ticked up 25% since 2018, when it stood at 350 (now 439). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 14% to 8%.

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