Sun Valley Academy-Glendale

Sun Valley Academy-Glendale is one of the small elementary-level communitys in Glendale, Arizona, one of the schools within Sun Valley Academy - Glendale Inc. (1002008), with 192 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 451.

Sun Valley Academy - Glendale Inc. (1002008) is the operating authority for Sun Valley Academy-Glendale, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On the student-mix side, Sun Valley Academy-Glendale records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment; the rest looks like 9% White, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, 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%. Sun Valley Academy-Glendale is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Nearest neighbor: Sunset Ridge Elementary School, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site. Sun Valley Academy-Glendale 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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