Summary:
The Friendly House Inc. district in Phoenix, Arizona contains a single elementary school, Friendly House Academia Del Pueblo Elementary, which serves a highly diverse student population with a predominant Hispanic demographic. However, the school consistently underperforms state and district averages across various academic measures, including standardized test scores, dropout rates, and overall school rankings.
Friendly House Academia Del Pueblo Elementary has a student population that is 95.38% Hispanic, 2.97% African American, and 1.65% comprising other racial/ethnic groups. This is significantly different from the state-level averages, where the student population is 41.6% Hispanic, 5.1% African American, and 37.6% White. Additionally, the school has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 83.83% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch.
The academic performance of Friendly House Academia Del Pueblo Elementary is a major concern, as the school consistently underperforms the state averages across multiple subject areas and grade levels. For example, in 5th grade Science, the school's proficiency rate is 6% compared to the state average of 34%, and in 3rd grade English Language Arts, the school's proficiency rate is 16% compared to the state average of 41%. The school's dropout rate for the 2021-2022 school year was also higher than the state average for elementary schools, at 3.3%. Despite these challenges, the school has remained in the bottom 10-15% of Arizona elementary schools based on the SchoolDigger ranking system, with a 1-star rating out of 5 for the past three school years.
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