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Candeo North Scottsdale

Public, Charter Grades K-8

Summary

Candeo North Scottsdale is a public charter elementary school serving grades K-8 in Scottsdale, Arizona, with a student population of 349 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school is part of the Candeo Schools Inc. district, which is ranked 16th out of 288 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Candeo North Scottsdale consistently outperforms the state average in proficiency rates for English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science across all grade levels. For example, in 2023-2024, 69% of 4th graders and 65% of 8th graders were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state averages of 46% and 35% respectively. In Mathematics, the school's proficiency rates are even more impressive, with 82% of 4th graders and 92% of 5th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 36% and 33%. The school's performance on the AzSCI science assessment is also strong, with 54% of 5th graders and 50% of 8th graders scoring proficient or better, compared to the state averages of 34% and 27%.

When compared to the nearby schools in the Paradise Valley Unified District and Cave Creek Unified District, Candeo North Scottsdale generally outperforms these schools in academic proficiency rates, particularly in Mathematics. However, the school's lack of racial diversity and uneven performance across student subgroups, such as the struggles of the special education population, are areas that warrant further attention and improvement.

Students ?

4.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

7191 E Ashler Hills Dr
Scottsdale, AZ 85266-9300

(480) 923-9963

District: Candeo Schools Inc.

Racial breakdown:

White:

78.6%

Two or more races:

8.6%

Asian:

5.7%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 84th percentile in 2021 → 97th in 2024

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Arizona average (77% vs 38% meeting standards)

✓Ranking is trending up — up 13 percentile points since 2021

✓Small classes — about 4 students per teacher

Worth a look

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

Students meeting standards (2023-2024) ?

This school77%

District avg77%

Arizona avg38%

Not ranked this year

Candeo North Scottsdale 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)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2024	95.1	31 of 912	96.6%	★★★★★
2023	83.9	192 of 1245	84.6%	★★★★☆
2022	82.7	138 of 1000	86.2%	★★★★☆
2021	83.8	196 of 1226	84.0%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	81.4	196 of 1219	83.9%	★★★★☆
2022	84.8	66 of 824	92.0%	★★★★★
2021	79.4	233 of 1219	80.9%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	84.4	124 of 1170	89.4%	★★★★☆
2022	75.4	144 of 716	79.9%	★★★★☆
2021	52.9	475 of 1198	60.4%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	82.3	191 of 1216	84.3%	★★★★☆
2022	87.6	55 of 830	93.4%	★★★★★
2021	85.2	162 of 1220	86.7%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	89.0	23 of 1027	97.8%	★★★★★

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2021	41.8	598 of 1201	50.2%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	69.4	267 of 1024	73.9%	★★★★☆
2022	68.1	196 of 800	75.5%	★★★★☆
2021	70.1	300 of 1161	74.2%	★★★★☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	81.1	115 of 854	86.5%	★★★★☆
2022	86.5	51 of 605	91.6%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	82.0	107 of 806	86.7%	★★★★☆
2022	90.3	27 of 494	94.5%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	74.2	161 of 810	80.1%	★★★★☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Arizona percentile	Rating
2023	62.0	212 of 675	68.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	68.1	96 of 446	78.5%	★★★★☆

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)

Elementary school

Multi-racial (2021)98th percentile+14 vs school

Hispanic (2023)89th percentile+5 vs school

Male (2023)84th percentile~ school

Female (2023)84th percentile~ school

White (2023)74th percentile-11 vs school

Special Education (2021)50th percentile-34 vs school

Middle school

Female (2023)87th percentile~ school

Male (2023)80th percentile-6 vs school

White (2023)69th percentile-18 vs school

By subject vs Arizona (2023-2024) ?

Mathematics87%+52 vs state

English Language Arts67%+26 vs state

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by a teacher
Friday, November 11, 2022

My first year teaching in middle school at Candeo North Scottsdale was fantastic. The Head of School was on top of things and the problem behaviors were addressed quickly and appropriately. Those with awful behavior received detentions, then suspensions, and then withdrew before expulsion. It left us with the most wonderful group of middle schoolers I've had to date. If I would've rated Candeo back then, it would've been an easy five stars. So even though I knew that HOS wasn't returning, I chose to come back because I couldn't believe anyone would mess with perfection.

Oh how wrong I was. The CEO had been hands-off with the first HOS, but when her replacement had no real admin experience, the CEO got far more involved. She discovered she didn't like how things had been running and made changes immediately.

No longer were students disciplined. No longer were kids being supervised on the playground. No longer were teachers getting a duty-free lunch break. No longer were teachers and parents receiving responses. It was as if we'd been abandoned. So my goal was to keep my head down, focus only on what happened in my room, and get through the year.

And then staff started quitting. On a campus with just 350 kids -- only two classes per grade -- we lost:

- the assistant to the HOS
- the front office administrator
- the testing coordinator
- a kindergarten teacher
- two first grade teachers
- a second grade teacher
- a third grade teacher
- the 8th grade Logic/ELA teacher
- the MS math teacher
- the MS science teacher
- the music teacher

And that was only in the first three months of the year. Students were transferring out faster than we could count, and there was no wait list to repopulate those spots.

I still had hope that I could tough it out, but then the CEO called me in. She told me that I was a master teacher that they couldn't afford to lose, but in the same breath told me she wouldn't let the new HOS fail and that I would be held responsible for the problems in middle school. I asked for an example of what I'd done wrong, but her answer was a twisted account of something the HOS had approved. She wouldn't listen and just kept telling me that she refused to let the new HOS fail and that I would be responsible.

That was it. I packed my things and resigned. She lied to the parents and said I'd been fired, and she filed a grievance against me with the ADE.

In short... if you love teaching, this is NOT the school for you. 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 English Language Arts 7th Grade	AASA English Language Arts 8th Grade	AASA Mathematics 3rd Grade	AASA Mathematics 4th Grade	AASA Mathematics 5th Grade	AASA Mathematics 6th Grade	AASA Mathematics 7th Grade	AASA Mathematics 8th Grade	AzSCI Science 5th Grade	AzSCI Science 8th 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
Candeo North Scottsdale	Public, Charter	K-8	7191 E Ashler Hills Dr	Scottsdale	85266	Maricopa County	Candeo Schools Inc.	Yes	(n/a)	No	No	(480) 923-9963	70	16	4.3		55 (78.6%)	1 (1.4%)	4 (5.7%)	4 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (8.6%)								(n/a)																$00			$00
Black Mountain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	33606 N 60th St	Scottsdale	85266	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 575-2100	496	32	15.5		382 (77.0%)	7 (1.4%)	66 (13.3%)	7 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (6.7%)	85.3	114^th of 909 public elementary schools	87.5%		81.7	151^st of 912 public elementary schools	83.4%	37	67.0	81.0	65.0	51.0			69.0	75.0	75.0	48.0			52.0		$2,686	$103	$48	$254	$2,064	$470	$2,535
Lone Mountain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5250 E. Montgomery Rd.	Cave Creek	85331	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 437-3000	376	25	14.9		304 (80.9%)	2 (0.5%)	36 (9.6%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	24 (6.4%)	86.3	105^th of 909 public elementary schools	88.4%		84.4	129^th of 912 public elementary schools	85.9%	24	70.0	67.0	54.0	85.0			81.0	62.0	63.0	66.0			48.0		$2,966	$130	$36	$296	$2,132	$668	$2,801
Desert Sun Academy	Public	PK, KG-6	27880 N. 64th Street	Scottsdale	85266	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 575-2900	191	14	13.2		139 (72.8%)	3 (1.6%)	39 (20.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (5.2%)	46.2	418^th of 909 public elementary schools	54.0%		63.8	298^th of 912 public elementary schools	67.3%	120		55.0	37.0						39.0				35.0		$2,495	$80	$57	$216	$1,867	$491	$2,358
Desert Willow Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	4322 E Desert Willow Parkway	Cave Creek	85331	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 575-2800	338	23	14.7		237 (70.1%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (21.0%)	9 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.2%)	75.2	204^th of 909 public elementary schools	77.6%		83	144^th of 912 public elementary schools	84.2%	60	66.0	61.0	60.0	60.0			39.0	46.0	70.0	58.0			54.0		$2,222	$129	$50	$308	$1,544	$499	$2,043
Horseshoe Trails Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	5405 E. Pinnacle Vista Drive	Phoenix	85054	Maricopa County	Cave Creek Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	Yes	(480) 272-8500	424	24	17.7		339 (80.0%)	8 (1.9%)	38 (9.0%)	11 (2.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (6.4%)	86.7	101^st of 909 public elementary schools	88.9%		86.7	104^th of 912 public elementary schools	88.6%	3	57.0	79.0	73.0	46.0			68.0	78.0	78.0	52.0			70.0		$2,778	$105	$60	$271	$1,959	$653	$2,612
Pinnacle Peak Preparatory	Public	PK, KG-8	7690 E Williams Dr	Scottsdale	85255	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6700	474	32	15.0		355 (74.9%)	9 (1.9%)	54 (11.4%)	10 (2.1%)	1 (0.2%)	4 (0.8%)	41 (8.6%)	88.2	83^rd of 909 public elementary schools	90.9%		88.8	80^th of 912 public elementary schools	91.2%	3	76.0	85.0	49.0	69.0	65.0	70.0	80.0	89.0	75.0	66.0	50.0	71.0	44.0	71.0	$7,997	$315	$131	$762	$7,067	$484	$7,551
Desert Trails Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-7	4315 E Cashman Dr	Phoenix	85050	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-4100	590	41	14.2		425 (72.0%)	8 (1.4%)	71 (12.0%)	38 (6.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	44 (7.5%)	97.1	9^th of 909 public elementary schools	99.0%		97.5	9^th of 912 public elementary schools	99.0%		72.0	76.0	80.0	93.0			81.0	80.0	94.0	96.0			66.0		$8,573	$387	$135	$908	$7,715	$337	$8,052
Wildfire Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	3997 E Lockwood Dr	Phoenix	85050	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-4300	394	29	13.8		304 (77.2%)	5 (1.3%)	53 (13.5%)	9 (2.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (5.3%)	92.4	54^th of 909 public elementary schools	94.1%		90.3	68^th of 912 public elementary schools	92.5%	14	86.0	88.0	65.0	76.0			80.0	78.0	68.0	56.0			56.0		$8,321	$181	$170	$533	$7,526	$444	$7,970
Grayhawk Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	7525 E Grayhawk Dr	Scottsdale	85255	Maricopa County	Paradise Valley Unified District	No	(n/a)	No	No	(602) 449-6600	408	29	14.0		320 (78.4%)	9 (2.2%)	49 (12.0%)	5 (1.2%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (5.6%)	84.4	123^rd of 909 public elementary schools	86.5%		75.9	197^th of 912 public elementary schools	78.4%	74	83.0	70.0	56.0	74.0			77.0	66.0	51.0	61.0			46.0		$10,444	$407	$244	$1,058	$9,264	$529	$9,793

Frequently Asked Questions about Candeo North Scottsdale

What district is Candeo North Scottsdale in?

Candeo Schools Inc.

How many students attend Candeo North Scottsdale?

In the 2024-25 school year, 70 students attended Candeo North Scottsdale.

What is the racial makeup of Candeo North Scottsdale?

Students at Candeo North Scottsdale are 79% White, 9% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 1% African American.

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