Summary:
Zip code 85004 has two K–8 schools: Champion Schools serves 491 students, and Khalsa Montessori Elementary School - Phoenix serves 118. The most important finding is the wide achievement gap between them: Khalsa leads Champion by 48 percentage points in ELA and 31 points in math.
Khalsa stands out at the top of the reported all-grades results, with 80% proficiency in ELA and 52% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%. Champion is below the state in both subjects, at 32% in ELA and 21% in math. Its eighth-grade results are a notable exception: 50% in ELA and 36% in math, above the state’s 39% and 30%. In fifth grade, Champion is below state results in both ELA (22% versus 38%) and math (20% versus 38%).
SchoolDigger’s rank histories also show different recent patterns: Champion’s percentile went from 23 in 2023–24 to 14 in 2024–25 and 26 in 2025–26, while Khalsa’s went from 89 in 2020–21 to 84 in 2021–22 and 97 in 2022–23. Their latest listed ranks are 667th of 900 for Champion and 42nd of 1,245 for Khalsa, but they are from different years. Khalsa’s smaller enrollment and lower 2024–25 student–teacher ratio (118 students; 8.2) contrast with Champion’s 491 students and 21.3 ratio; these figures describe different settings but do not explain the score gap. Some grade-level results are suppressed, and neither school has a reported free/reduced-lunch rate.
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