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Pathfinder Academy is a public charter elementary school located in Mesa, Arizona, serving grades K-8 with a student population of around 600. The school is part of the Edkey Inc. - Pathfinder Academy District, which is ranked 51 out of 288 districts in Arizona and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Pathfinder Academy consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in Arizona, with a statewide ranking between 33 and 80 over the past several years. The school's students perform significantly better than the state and district averages in both English Language Arts and Mathematics across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 85% of 3rd graders, 78% of 4th graders, and 74% of 7th graders at Pathfinder Academy were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 39%, 46%, and 41%, respectively. In Mathematics, Pathfinder Academy's proficiency rates ranged from 57% to 84% across the grade levels, while the state averages were between 28% and 43%. The school's performance on the AzSCI science assessment is also impressive, with 54% of 5th graders and 43% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 34% and 27%.
Pathfinder Academy's academic performance is significantly higher than the nearby public schools in the Mesa Unified District, which generally have lower proficiency rates and lower statewide rankings. For example, Falcon Hill Elementary, located just 1.5 miles away, has proficiency rates ranging from 20% to 50% in English Language Arts and 13% to 33% in Mathematics, well below Pathfinder Academy's results. The nearby charter school, Cambridge Academy East, also lags behind Pathfinder Academy in academic performance, with proficiency rates ranging from 20% to 72% in English Language Arts and 9% to 62% in Mathematics.
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