Global Academy of Phoenix vs Wildfire Elementary School

Global Academy of Phoenix and Wildfire Elementary School sit within 14.2 miles of each other in Phoenix, Arizona, and land at the same overall rating of 9.1/10 — an unusual dead heat at the top of the state. Both rank in the top 42 of 2002 Arizona schools, with Global Academy of Phoenix at #35 and Wildfire Elementary School at #42, a gap narrow enough that neither school holds a meaningful edge on the overall composite.

The academic and growth scores tell a sharply different story. Wildfire Elementary School outperforms on academics, scoring 9.5/10 against Global Academy of Phoenix's 7.9/10 — a 1.6-point gap that reflects meaningfully stronger tested proficiency. Global Academy of Phoenix flips the script on growth: its 10.0/10 growth score, a perfect mark, runs 1.3 points above Wildfire Elementary School's 8.7/10. Parents prioritizing how much students learn year-over-year will weight Global Academy of Phoenix heavily; parents anchoring on absolute achievement levels will favor Wildfire Elementary School.

Global Academy of Phoenix enrolls 352 students against Wildfire Elementary School's 443, making it roughly 20 percent smaller. The student-teacher ratio at Wildfire Elementary School is 15.3:1, compared to 16.8:1 at Global Academy of Phoenix — a modest but real difference that means Wildfire students average about one and a half fewer classmates per teacher. Both numbers are below the Arizona average, so neither school is crowded, but Wildfire edges ahead on classroom density.

Grade span separates the two schools in a practical way families often overlook. Global Academy of Phoenix runs KG–8, keeping students through middle school in a single campus. Wildfire Elementary School runs PK–6, offering pre-kindergarten entry but requiring a school transition after sixth grade. Families with pre-K-age children have a built-in on-ramp at Wildfire that Global Academy of Phoenix does not provide, while families hoping to avoid a middle-school switch gain continuity at Global Academy of Phoenix.