Summary:
ZIP code 97812 contains just one school serving all grades: Arlington Community Charter School, a K–12 alternative charter school in Arlington School District 3 with 130 students enrolled. Because it is the only school in both the ZIP code and the district, its results are the whole picture for this area, and the school carries unusual context: 71.54% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and spending per student is $40,519, a very high figure that likely reflects the small, alternative K–12 model.
Academically, the school's strongest results are in English language arts. All-grade ELA proficiency is 45.5%, slightly above the statewide 43.8%, with standout grade-level results in 8th grade ELA (64.3% vs. 41.5% statewide) and 6th grade ELA (58.3% vs. 41.8%), while 7th grade ELA (45.5%) sits essentially at the state's 45.3%. Mathematics and science are the clear weak points: all-grade math is 16.7% proficient against 32.9% statewide, and all-grade science is 19.2% against 30.6%. The gap between ELA and math is especially wide in 8th grade, where ELA reaches 64.3% but math only 21.4%, and 4th grade ELA is under 5% proficient compared with 43.5% statewide.
Engagement and completion measures are the most pressing concerns. The graduation rate is 55.0% versus 83.0% statewide, and chronic absenteeism is 42.9%, meaning more than two in five students are chronically absent, compared with 33.5% statewide. Parents should also know that many grade-level scores—ELA and math in 3rd, 5th, and 11th grades, and science in 5th and 11th grades—are suppressed by the state to protect student privacy, so those results are unknown rather than zero. Finally, because this is an alternative school, statewide averages may not be a perfect comparison, since alternative programs often serve students with different academic histories and needs.
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