South Pointe Junior High School

Set in PHOENIX, Arizona, South Pointe Junior High School is a very small intermediate school, part of Kaizen Education Foundation dba South Pointe Junio (78965). It caters to 124 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 494 students each, so South Pointe Junior High School sits 75% leaner than that benchmark.

South Pointe Junior High School sits inside Kaizen Education Foundation dba South Pointe Junio (78965), the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, South Pointe Junior High School reports that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 40% Black, 7% Native American, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, South Pointe Junior High School logs 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 17.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Maricopa County put the typical household earns roughly $89,300 per year, about 37% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which South Pointe Junior High School is one.

The closest other public school is Kaizen Education Foundation dba Quest High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site. As a public charter, South Pointe Junior High School runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at South Pointe Junior High School has decreased 22%, going from 160 students in 2018 to 124 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.