Pointe Schools (79455)

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Phoenix, Arizona - 3 schools

645
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
-
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types

District-Level NCES Analysis

Pointe Schools (79455) operates 3 public schools serving 645 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Arizona. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 elementary, 1 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Maricopa County.

The funding mix is 4.0% local, 85.2% state, and 10.8% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.

and 55.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Use the school table below to drill into any individual campus for its own demographic and resource profile.

Its largest campus is North Pointe Preparatory, enrolling 432 students (67% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Canyon Pointe Academy, at 77 students, a 6x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.

North Pointe Preparatory accounts for 67.0% of all Pointe Schools (79455) student enrollment

That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pointe Schools (79455) a distant remainder — means Pointe Schools (79455)-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: combined. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pointe Schools (79455) school enrollment varies 5.6× across entities

Pointe Schools (79455) school enrollment ranges from 77 students (lowest) to 432 students (highest), a spread of 355 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Pointe Schools (79455) chronic absenteeism rate is 55.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)

chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22

Where does the funding come from?

10.8%
Federal
85.2%
State
4.0%
Local

Programs & Resources

55.1%
Chronically Absent

Source: NCES Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22.

Schools in Pointe Schools (79455)

School Enrollment
North Pointe Preparatory
Charter
432
Pinnacle Pointe Academy
Charter
136
Canyon Pointe Academy
Charter
77

How Pointe Schools (79455) Compares to Similar-Size Districts

The Arizona districts closest to this one in total enrollment.

District Enrollment Spending Funding Mix
Basis Charter Schools Inc. (92997) Similar size No spending data More locally funded
Northland Preparatory Academy (4204) Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix
Heritage Academy Laveen Inc. (92520) Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix
Roosevelt Preparatory Academy (92704) Similar size No spending data Similar funding mix
Continental Elementary District (4416) Similar size No spending data More locally funded

Comparisons are relative to Pointe Schools (79455)'s own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many schools are in Pointe Schools (79455)?

Pointe Schools (79455) has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 2 elementary. Total enrollment is 645 students.