Other · Arizona

Sweetwater Community School

Alternative

Sweetwater Community School, a public other school in Phoenix, Arizona: grades k–12, 165 students, 6.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Paradise Valley Unified District (4241).

Size and class size

Compared with schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students
165
Teachers (FTE)
26.0
Students per teacher
6.3
Grades
K–12
Other

Fewer students per teacher than 88% of schools in Arizona

Median 14.7 · 118 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 81% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Smaller than 60% of schools in Arizona

Median 240 · 141 schools compared

Smaller than 56% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Arizona's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Arizona: 40%

Not published: too few students tested.

AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Arizona: 34%

Not published: too few students tested.

AASA; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades
Other · Grades K–12
Type
District school · Alternative
Instruction
In person
Area
Large city

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Paradise Valley Unified District (4241).

Location

Address
4215 E Andora Dr, Phoenix, AZ 85032
Phone
(602)449-2300
City or town
Phoenix

Nearby schools

The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
pvONLINEFully virtual
K–121275.7——
Roadrunner SchoolSpecial education
Pre-K–12701.3——
K–121,07918.970%68%
Vista PeakSpecial education
Pre-K–12634.8——
New World Educational CenterCharterFree meals for all
K–1220912.341%—
K–1222511.481%62%

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

Sources

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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