South Valley Prep and Arts School

South Valley Prep and Arts School, a small 6-8 campus in PHOENIX, Arizona, run under South Valley Academy Inc. (90540), caters to 259 students, covering grades 5 through 8. By comparison, Arizona's public schools average about 494 students each, so South Valley Prep and Arts School sits 48% below that benchmark.

South Valley Academy Inc. (90540) is the operating authority for South Valley Prep and Arts School, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

For racial and ethnic makeup, South Valley Prep and Arts School lists that the largest single group is Black at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 42% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 6% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.8:1, putting South Valley Prep and Arts School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) logs that 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%. In all, Maricopa County runs 1352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students), of which South Valley Prep and Arts School is one.

Skyline Prep High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around South Valley Prep and Arts School.

South Valley Prep and Arts School operates from a high-density location. South Valley Prep and Arts School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. South Valley Prep and Arts School's enrollment has expanded 14% since 2018, when it stood at 228 (now 259). Over the same period, the Hispanic share contracted from 51% to 42%.

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