Elementary school (grades K-5) · Casa Grande, AZ

Path to Potential

Federal NCES profile for Path to Potential, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators.

2024-25 NCES dataElementary school (grades K-5)NCES 040095303833Charter school
1 students enrolled

Enrollment

1

Arizona · 2024-25 NCES data

What stands out at Path to Potential

Path to Potential is a small charter elementary school in Casa Grande, Arizona, enrolling 1 students.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 98% of Arizona schools, with 1 enrolled.

Its student body is predominantly White (100% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 0/100).

The surrounding The Grande Innovation Academy (92978) spends $8,237 per pupil, 37% below the Arizona average, a leaner-resourced district than most.

Its district draws 26.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Casa Grande's elementary schools, it stands alongside Legacy Traditional School - Casa Grande (1,486 students): Path to Potential is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Its district, The Grande Innovation Academy (92978), also runs The Grande Innovation (833 students).

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Path to Potential compares

Path to Potential on the metrics families compare, against Arizona and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Arizona Arizona avg U.S. avg
Enrollment 1 top 98% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

1
Bigger than 0% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Funding equity
$8,237
per pupil, district-wide - below Arizona avg of $13,145
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 100.0%

Largest group: White at 100.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 0.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 0.0, Path to Potential is less mixed than the Arizona school average of 47.2.

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for The Grande Innovation Academy (92978), which includes Path to Potential.

$8,237
Per student
-37%
vs Arizona
Avg $13,145
-50%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 3.7%
State 70.2%
Federal 26.1%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Path to Potential Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
The Grande Innovation Larger No free-lunch data No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Path to Potential's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

The Grande Innovation Academy (92978) · 1 sibling school

View district profile

Similar elementary schools in Casa Grande

1 comparable elementary schools (grades K-5) serving the same city.

Similar elementary schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Arizona, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Path to Potential's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Path to Potential

How many students attend Path to Potential?

Path to Potential has 1 student enrolled. It is an elementary school in Casa Grande, AZ.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Path to Potential?

The largest demographic group at Path to Potential is White at 100.0% of enrollment, in Casa Grande, AZ.

What other schools are in The Grande Innovation Academy (92978)?

Besides Path to Potential, The Grande Innovation Academy (92978) also operates The Grande Innovation (833 students). See the The Grande Innovation Academy (92978) district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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