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Cambridge Academy East

Public, Charter Grades K-8

Summary

Cambridge Academy East is a public charter elementary school in Mesa, Arizona, serving 139 students in grades K-6 with a diverse student population.

Cambridge Academy East consistently outperforms the state average in English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency, often by a significant margin. For example, in 2022-2023, the school's 5th-grade ELA proficiency rate was 72%, compared to the state average of 37%, and its 3rd-grade Mathematics proficiency rate was 62%, compared to the state average of 43%. The school's special education students also perform exceptionally well, ranking 128 out of 820 Arizona elementary schools in 2022-2023 with a 4-star rating. Additionally, the school has maintained a 3-star or 4-star rating from SchoolDigger for the majority of the past 10 years, indicating consistent high performance.

Compared to nearby Mesa Unified District schools, Cambridge Academy East outperforms in both ELA and Mathematics proficiency across most grade levels. The school has a higher percentage of White students (64.75%) compared to the nearby district schools, which may contribute to its strong academic performance. Despite spending less per student ($5,442 to $7,424) than the nearby district schools ($8,129 to $10,586), Cambridge Academy East is able to achieve higher academic performance, suggesting efficient resource allocation and effective instructional practices.

242

Students ?

24.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$5,899

Per pupil spending ?

15.5%

Free/discounted lunch ?

9412 E Brown Rd
Mesa, AZ 85207-4338

(480) 641-2828

District: Cambridge Academy East Inc

Racial breakdown:

White:

64.9%

Hispanic:

28.5%

African American:

3.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 81st percentile in 2013 → 55th in 2023

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Arizona average (41% vs 46% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped — down 26 percentile points since 2013

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school41%

District avg41%

Arizona avg46%

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Cambridge Academy East did not have enough recent test-score data to be ranked. Check the trend below for past years.

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	49.8	555 of 1245	55.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	64.4	309 of 1000	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	56.0	488 of 1226	60.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	64.3	368 of 1039	64.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	60.5	409 of 1109	63.1%	★★★☆☆
2017	71.1	314 of 1106	71.6%	★★★★☆
2016	63.2	380 of 1079	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2015	77.0	200 of 955	79.1%	★★★★☆
2014	84.1	160 of 1079	85.2%	★★★★☆
2013	77.9	221 of 1158	80.9%	★★★★☆
2012	87.5	65 of 1141	94.3%	★★★★★
2011	88.3	82 of 1075	92.4%	★★★★★
2010	90.7	51 of 1090	95.3%	★★★★★
2009	93.5	13 of 1062	98.8%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	54.6	483 of 1219	60.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	32.8	575 of 824	30.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	55.1	481 of 1219	60.5%	★★★☆☆
2018	69.7	314 of 1023	69.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	60.3	389 of 1170	66.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	23.0	578 of 716	19.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	53.1	470 of 1198	60.8%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	57.0	461 of 1216	62.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	20.6	672 of 830	19.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	55.8	469 of 1220	61.6%	★★★☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	28.0	812 of 1027	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	71.7	128 of 820	84.4%	★★★★☆
2021	35.7	743 of 1201	38.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	46.8	534 of 1024	47.9%	★★☆☆☆
2022	49.6	399 of 800	50.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	51.0	553 of 1161	52.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	42.2	444 of 720	38.3%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2023)84th percentile+29 vs school

Hispanic (2023)67th percentile+11 vs school

Male (2023)62nd percentile+7 vs school

Female (2023)60th percentile+5 vs school

White (2023)48th percentile-8 vs school

Multi-racial (2021)21st percentile-39 vs school

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by a parent
Friday, October 28, 2011

My daughter was enrolled at the Queen Creek location for the first half of kindergarten. I moved near the East location mid-year and it was imperative to me that she continued her education at Cambridge. I can’t give the teachers at both locations enough praise. Unfortunately, we were told about ¾ of the way through the school year, that due to a clerical error, my daughter was not old enough to be attending, and we were given the choice of immediately paying for full tuition, or removing her from classes. The administration had absolutely no concern for my daughters educational career, gave no alternatives, and no suggestions as to what my options would be in order to keep my daughter in school. The administration had absolutely no sympathy to the fact that the error was theirs –I was very vocal about the fact that my daughter was several months younger that usual for starting kindergarten, and that I wanted her to be tested for admission to see if she was ready. She passed the admission tests with flying colors and was socially and academically very successful. The teachers we worked with were amazing, but the administration has absolutely zero compassion or accountability. Something to consider. Close Quote

by a parent
Tuesday, August 3, 2010

The school is great as long as your child is acceptable to them. If your child is not then they literally work to get your child out of their school. The leadership sucks, and the teacher turn over is very high!!Discipline is sorely lacking! My son was attacked by another student and not allowed to come back for 2 days. Was informed if another attack by this student would result in the child being removed from the school, there were at least 3 more attacks on students by the same child and he was still allowed to attend. My sons face was black and blue and his eye was swollen shut. HORRRIBLE that this was acceptable for the principal. The whole school is family run board and all. Rules change whenever they desire. No problem lying to your face about it either! Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				AASA English Language Arts (2025)				AASA Mathematics (2025)				AzSCI Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2022)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	AASA English Language Arts 3rd Grade	AASA English Language Arts 4th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 5th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel Spending from Federal Funds	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Personnel Spending from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Sub-total Spending from State and Local Funds
Cambridge Academy East	Public, Charter	K-8	9412 E Brown Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Cambridge Academy East Inc	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 641-2828	242	10	24.2		157 (64.9%)	8 (3.3%)	69 (28.5%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.5%)								(n/a)		41.0								$5,899	$485	$300	$1,270	$3,894	$1,220	$5,114
Taft Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	9800 E Quarterline Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-9100	491	33	14.8		136 (27.7%)	15 (3.1%)	316 (64.4%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	18 (3.7%)	31.7	546^th of 909 public elementary schools	39.9%		33.4	540^th of 912 public elementary schools	40.8%	6	24.0	40.0	28.0	45.0	47.0	43.0	34.0	19.0	22.0	$10,372	$728	$200	$1,657	$9,141	$303	$9,444
Zaharis Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	9410 E McKellips Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 308-7200	721	40	18.1		546 (75.7%)	10 (1.4%)	121 (16.8%)	6 (0.8%)	6 (0.8%)	2 (0.3%)	30 (4.2%)	79	165^th of 909 public elementary schools	81.8%		72.6	222^nd of 912 public elementary schools	75.7%	57	59.0	62.0	63.0	58.0	49.0	64.0	69.0	48.0	56.0	$7,143	$148	$04	$301	$6,763	$227	$6,990
Sousa Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	616 N Mountain Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-8900	344	25	13.8		165 (48.0%)	15 (4.4%)	144 (41.9%)	2 (0.6%)	4 (1.2%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (3.8%)	21.2	689^th of 909 public elementary schools	24.2%		19	723^rd of 912 public elementary schools	20.7%	34		30.0	32.0		37.0	26.0	21.0		25.0	$9,966	$957	$126	$2,040	$8,696	$188	$8,883
Stevenson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	638 S 96th St	Mesa	85208	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-9000	725	38	19.0		187 (25.8%)	30 (4.1%)	467 (64.4%)	3 (0.4%)	14 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (3.3%)	11.9	844^th of 909 public elementary schools	7.2%		12.2	834^th of 912 public elementary schools	8.6%	10	22.0	30.0	15.0	17.0	35.0	14.0		10.0	15.0	$7,722	$715	$387	$1,817	$6,440	$179	$6,620
Falcon Hill Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	1645 N Sterling	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-8600	544	34	16.2		307 (56.4%)	12 (2.2%)	173 (31.8%)	5 (0.9%)	9 (1.7%)	6 (1.1%)	32 (5.9%)	39.7	472^nd of 909 public elementary schools	48.1%		26.8	614^th of 912 public elementary schools	32.7%	142	38.0	38.0	34.0	44.0	49.0	34.0	40.0	23.0	40.0	$9,634	$874	$25	$1,772	$8,552	$184	$8,736
Patterson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	615 S Cheshire	Mesa	85208	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-9700	733	45	16.4		328 (44.7%)	26 (3.5%)	302 (41.2%)	14 (1.9%)	23 (3.1%)	3 (0.4%)	37 (5.0%)	45.1	436^th of 909 public elementary schools	52.0%		51.3	399^th of 912 public elementary schools	56.3%	37	42.0	45.0	45.0	36.0	51.0	38.0	39.0	28.0	40.0	$8,129	$762	$16	$1,541	$7,161	$190	$7,351
Salk Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7029 E Brown Rd	Mesa	85207	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-8400	494	31	15.9		140 (28.3%)	44 (8.9%)	253 (51.2%)	7 (1.4%)	15 (3.0%)	2 (0.4%)	33 (6.7%)	14.9	788^th of 909 public elementary schools	13.3%		18.8	725^th of 912 public elementary schools	20.5%	63		24.0		25.0	30.0		21.0			$8,686	$962	$47	$1,971	$7,558	$119	$7,677
Imagine East Mesa Elementary	Public, Charter	K-6	9701 E Southern Ave	Mesa	85209	Maricopa County	East Mesa Charter Elementary School Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 355-6830	611	25	24.4		247 (40.4%)	29 (4.7%)	281 (46.0%)	6 (1.0%)	11 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (5.7%)	27.9	582^nd of 909 public elementary schools	36.0%		29.5	581^st of 912 public elementary schools	36.3%	1	19.0	25.0	37.0	40.0	28.0	22.0	46.0	25.0	35.0		$00			$00
Jefferson Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	120 S Jefferson Ave	Mesa	85208	Maricopa County	Mesa Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 472-8700	554	33	16.8		91 (16.4%)	28 (5.1%)	409 (73.8%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (3.6%)	17.3	744^th of 909 public elementary schools	18.2%		17.5	747^th of 912 public elementary schools	18.1%	3	19.0	23.0	16.0	24.0	28.0	25.0	46.0	18.0	18.0	$10,586	$1,087	$228	$2,402	$8,875	$395	$9,271

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How many students attend Cambridge Academy East?

In the 2024-25 school year, 242 students attended Cambridge Academy East.

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What is the racial makeup of Cambridge Academy East?

Students at Cambridge Academy East are 65% White, 29% Hispanic, 3% African American, 2% Two or more races.

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