Summary:
The 85044 zip code area in Tempe, Arizona is home to 6 schools, including 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, 1 high school, and 1 alternative charter school. These schools are part of the Tempe Union High School District and the Kyrene Elementary District.
The standout school in the area is BASIS Ahwatukee, a public charter alternative school that demonstrates extremely high academic performance, with 96-98% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and Mathematics. In contrast, the traditional public schools, especially the middle and elementary schools, struggle to meet state averages in these subjects. Mountain Pointe High School, the only traditional public high school in the data set, has a relatively strong 89.6% 4-year graduation rate and a low 3.1% dropout rate.
Across the schools, there is variation in student-teacher ratios, with the Kyrene elementary schools having the lowest ratios around 13-14 students per teacher, and the high school and middle school having higher ratios around 17-20 students per teacher. The Kyrene district schools also have relatively high free/reduced lunch rates, ranging from 40-45%, indicating higher levels of economic disadvantage in the student population, which may be a contributing factor to their lower academic performance compared to the charter school.
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