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Masada Charter School

Summary:

Masada Charter School is an alternative public charter school located in Colorado City, Arizona, serving 508 students in grades K-9. The school stands out for its consistently strong academic performance, often outpacing the state average by significant margins in subjects like English Language Arts and Mathematics.

However, Masada Charter School also presents some concerning data points. Despite its academic success, the school has reported a 0% four-year graduation rate for the past three school years and a 0% dropout rate for the past five years, which warrants further investigation. Additionally, the school's per-student spending of $0 in the 2018-2019 school year is significantly lower than the state average, potentially impacting the resources and support available to students.

Another notable aspect of Masada Charter School is its unique racial makeup, with 100% of its students identifying as White. This lack of diversity may limit the students' exposure to different perspectives and cultural experiences. While the school's academic achievements are commendable, the combination of low graduation rates, limited funding, and homogeneous student population raises questions that require deeper examination to fully understand the school's role and impact within the local educational landscape.


Detail:

Public, Charter, Alternative K-9

 365 West Cannon Avenue
       Colorado City, AZ  86021

(928) 875-2525

District: Masada Charter School Inc.

SchoolDigger Rank:
54th of 912 Arizona Alternative Schools


Student/teacher ratio:  n/a Help
Number of students:  509

Racial breakdown:

White:
99.8%
Hispanic:
0.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients:  60.1% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Masada Charter School ranks better than 94.1% of elementary schools in Arizona. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 92.7. (See more...)
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Compare Details Masada Charter School ranks better than 92.7% of middle schools in Arizona. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 91.56. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Masada Charter School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (99.8%), Hispanic (0.2%). (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Masada Charter School:

SchoolDigger ranks Masada Charter School 54th of 912 Arizona public elementary schools. (See Masada Charter School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Masada Charter School 40th of 550 Arizona public middle schools. (See Masada Charter School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Masada Charter School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 84.75 133rd 1062 87.5%
2010 79.87 210th 1090 80.7%
2011 82.31 171st 1075 84.1%
2012 87.43 67th 1141 94.1%
2013 88.06 68th 1158 94.1%
2014 88.66 87th 1079 91.9%
2015 86.46 105th 955 89.0%
2016 80.66 212th 1079 80.4%
2017 85.87 153rd 1106 86.2%
2018 92.12 77th 1109 93.1%
2019 87.50 104th 1039 90.0%
2021 98.29 11th 1226 99.1%
2022 95.42 13th 1000 98.7%
2023 95.78 37th 1245 97.0%
2024 92.70 54th 912 94.1%
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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 98.75 5th 417 98.8%
2021 99.36 5th 1201 99.6%
2022 66.21 58th 145 60.0%
2023 85.96 49th 820 94.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 98.18 4th 820 99.5%
2022 98.31 2nd 618 99.7%
2023 99.29 2nd 1116 99.8%
2024 98.47 8th 556 98.6%
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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.64 72nd 1023 93.0%
2019 85.24 86th 862 90.0%
2021 96.20 19th 1219 98.4%
2022 91.34 31st 824 96.2%
2023 92.68 57th 1219 95.3%
2024 85.13 54th 602 91.0%
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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.15 78th 1032 92.4%
2019 78.90 147th 850 82.7%
2021 98.29 8th 1220 99.3%
2022 93.73 12th 830 98.6%
2023 94.50 44th 1216 96.4%
2024 87.12 53rd 628 91.6%
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Rank History for elementary school White students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.19 120th 720 83.3%
2019 70.07 141st 595 76.3%
2021 93.09 13th 1161 98.9%
2022 90.39 19th 800 97.6%
2023 89.10 51st 1024 95.0%
2024 78.40 64th 486 86.8%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Masada Charter School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 87.08 59th 663 91.1%
2010 88.90 46th 692 93.4%
2011 79.65 120th 685 82.5%
2012 82.52 90th 772 88.3%
2013 84.86 67th 787 91.5%
2014 88.60 60th 690 91.3%
2015 84.16 71st 521 86.4%
2016 89.66 57th 677 91.6%
2017 91.51 41st 695 94.1%
2018 94.89 23rd 711 96.8%
2019 90.07 42nd 605 93.1%
2021 92.84 44th 832 94.7%
2022 88.66 40th 605 93.4%
2023 97.28 22nd 854 97.4%
2024 91.56 40th 550 92.7%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 94.21 10th 789 98.7%
2022 77.29 12th 36 66.7%
2023 96.90 7th 363 98.1%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 99.30 4th 503 99.2%
2022 92.67 16th 369 95.7%
2023 99.57 8th 717 98.9%
2024 96.99 11th 320 96.6%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 95.64 11th 624 98.2%
2019 88.83 33rd 466 92.9%
2021 95.13 26th 820 96.8%
2022 90.58 26th 494 94.7%
2023 92.88 34th 806 95.8%
2024 83.86 40th 386 89.6%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 93.19 30th 617 95.1%
2019 86.20 38th 435 91.3%
2021 85.94 84th 818 89.7%
2022 88.49 33rd 476 93.1%
2023 98.01 17th 810 97.9%
2024 87.23 36th 370 90.3%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Masada Charter School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools AZ State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.67 28th 436 93.6%
2019 76.63 54th 337 84.0%
2021 84.07 64th 780 91.8%
2022 75.46 55th 446 87.7%
2023 92.72 20th 675 97.0%
2024 79.53 43rd 288 85.1%
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Data source: test scores: Arizona Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Arizona Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Masada Charter School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2002 167 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 167
2003 167 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 167
2004 206 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 206
2005 309 0 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 312
2006 334 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 334
2007 362 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 362
2008 402 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 402
2009 458 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 458
2010 468 0 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 469
2011 488 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 489
2012 510 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 511
2013 508 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 509
2014 528 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 529
2015 524 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 524
2016 529 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 529
2017 521 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 521
2018 511 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 511
2019 507 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 507
2020 527 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 527
2021 478 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 478
2022 500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500
2023 508 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 508
2024 508 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 509

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Masada Charter School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 167 n/a n/a n/a
2003 167 n/a n/a n/a
2004 206 n/a n/a 81.1
2005 312 n/a n/a 81.7
2006 334 n/a n/a 80.2
2007 362 n/a n/a 75.7
2008 402 n/a n/a 71.6
2009 458 n/a n/a 70.1
2010 469 n/a n/a 60.1
2011 489 n/a n/a 55.6
2012 511 n/a n/a 51.5
2013 509 n/a n/a 74.7
2014 529 n/a n/a 80.7
2015 524 n/a n/a n/a
2016 529 n/a n/a 59.9
2017 521 n/a n/a 60.1
2018 511 n/a n/a n/a
2019 507 n/a n/a n/a
2020 527 n/a n/a n/a
2021 478 n/a n/a n/a
2022 500 n/a n/a n/a
2023 508 n/a n/a n/a
2024 509 n/a n/a n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Masada Charter School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2002 167 n/a n/a n/a
2003 167 n/a n/a n/a
2004 206 n/a n/a 81.1
2005 312 n/a n/a 81.7
2006 334 n/a n/a 80.2
2007 362 n/a n/a 75.7
2008 402 n/a n/a 71.6
2009 458 n/a n/a 70.1
2010 469 n/a n/a 60.1
2011 489 n/a n/a 55.6
2012 511 n/a n/a 51.5
2013 509 n/a n/a 74.7
2014 529 n/a n/a 80.7
2015 524 n/a n/a n/a
2016 529 n/a n/a 59.9
2017 521 n/a n/a 60.1
2018 511 n/a n/a n/a
2019 507 n/a n/a n/a
2020 527 n/a n/a n/a
2021 478 n/a n/a n/a
2022 500 n/a n/a n/a
2023 508 n/a n/a n/a
2024 509 n/a n/a n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Masada Charter School

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YearPersonnel Expenditures from Federal FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from Federal FundsTotal Expenditures from Federal FundsPersonnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsNon-Personnel Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $00 (NaN) $00 (NaN) $00 (NaN) $00 (NaN) $00 (NaN) $00 (NaN) $00

Data source: Arizona Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Masada Charter School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 104th of 1039 Elementary schoolsRanks 37th of 1245 Elementary schools
 7%
Ranks 42nd of 605 Middle schoolsRanks 22nd of 854 Middle schools
 4.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students507508
 0.2%
African American00
American Indian00
Asian00
Hispanic00
Pacific Islander00
White507508
 0.2%
Two or More Races00

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Frequently Asked Questions about Masada Charter School

Yes. Masada Charter School ranks in the top 5.9% of Arizona alternative schools.

Students at Masada Charter School are 100% White.

In the 2023-24 school year, 509 students attended Masada Charter School.


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