Summary:
Three middle schools in Phoenix’s 85015 zip code serve grades 4–8: Choice Learning Academy and Pensar Academy serve grades 4–8, while Imagine Camelback Middle serves grades 6–8. Across the three schools, the unweighted average was 23% proficient in ELA and 17% in math, compared with state rates of 41% and 33%. The clearest overall finding is that every school fell below the state average in both all-grades subjects, though Pensar came closest.
Pensar Academy stands out overall, with 38% proficient in ELA and 23% in math—21 points above Choice in ELA and 5 points above it in math. Imagine Camelback Middle was lowest, at 17% in ELA and 10% in math; Pensar was ahead by 21 and 13 points, respectively. Grade-level results show that the gaps can be larger: in eighth grade, Pensar led Choice by 30 points in ELA (49% to 19%), 14 points in math (31% to 17%), and 25 points in science (40% to 15%). Choice’s results vary by grade, however: its fifth-grade math proficiency was 45%, 7 points above the state rate.
SchoolDigger rank histories show mixed movement, not a shared upward or downward trend: Choice’s percentile rank rose from 3 to 5, Pensar’s moved from 45 to 46 after reaching 61, and Imagine’s fell from 21 to 7. These are statewide rankings, not proficiency rates, and the years covered differ. Pensar has the lowest student–teacher ratio, 16.2, and 203 students; Imagine has 169 students and a 21.1 ratio, while Choice is largest at 462 students with an 18.4 ratio. Those figures do not neatly track results, and free/reduced-lunch rates are unavailable for comparison. Results cover different grade spans and a single year, so they do not establish longer-term score trends.
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