P.L.C. Charter Schools

The P.L.C. Charter Schools list covers one Arizona school, Arts Academy at Estrella Mountain, serving grades K–8 and enrolling 895 students. Its 2025–26 all-grades proficiency results are below Arizona’s in both reported subjects: ELA is 27% compared with 41% statewide, and math is 18% compared with 33%. The most important takeaway is that the school trails the state by 14 percentage points in ELA and 15 points in math.

There is no second school in this list, so Arts Academy is the only school represented—not a demonstrated local top or bottom performer. Within the school, grade 8 is closest to state results in both ELA (30% versus 39%, a 9-point gap) and math (23% versus 30%, a 7-point gap). Grade 8 science is another relative bright spot: 29% were proficient, compared with 30% statewide. Results are lower in some other grades: grade 6 ELA is 19% versus 41%, the largest ELA gap at 22 points, while grade 7 has the lowest math proficiency at 10%; the largest math gap is in grade 5, at 19% versus 38%.

The available SchoolDigger ranking history shows a modest decline in its relative standing, but not whether test scores themselves are improving or worsening. SchoolDigger gives the school 0 stars and ranks it 823rd of 900 Arizona schools, in the 9th percentile, for 2025–26; it ranked 814th of 912 (11th percentile) in 2023–24 and 813th of 909 (11th percentile) in 2024–25. The school reports 19.8 students per teacher, while its free/reduced-lunch rate is not provided. Grade-level differences may help families weigh results: grade 4 has the highest reported ELA and math proficiency, while grade 8 is closest to the state in both subjects. Test-score results from earlier years are not supplied, and science figures are from 2024–25 rather than 2025–26.