Westland School Brighton Campus

Westland School Brighton Campus is a modestly sized all-grades campus in GLENDALE, Arizona, overseen by Cholla Academy (5186). The school serves 308 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 550 students per school, that is 44% below typical.

Westland School Brighton Campus is one of 2 schools operated by Cholla Academy (5186), a district that works with 523 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Westland School Brighton Campus logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 23% White, 13% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Maricopa County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 21.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Maricopa County) records that median household income runs about $89,300, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westland School Brighton Campus is one of 1352 public schools in Maricopa County (combined enrollment of about 725,139 students).

Cotton Boll School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Westland School Brighton Campus.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. Westland School Brighton Campus is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 19%: 258 students in 2018 compared to 308 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 21% to 13%.

Inside the community feed, members of the Westland School Brighton Campus community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.