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Pinnacle High School - Desert Ridge Makes Newsweek's "Tops" list!

I was planning my next blog on the Desert Ridge area of Phoenix to be about schools.  A newly announced accolade for Pinnacle High School makes this the perfect time.  Pinnacle High School, in the Paradise Valley Unified School District, was just named among the best high schools in the country by Newsweek.  The magazine selected high schools using a scale called the Challenge Index, which measured each school's rate of participation in college-level tests like advanced placement programs.  Newsweek has been running this list each year since 1998.

Newsweek added the number of AP tests as well as International Baccalaureate and Cambridge tests each school took and divided it by the number of graduating seniors. This scale helps prevent a bias against smaller schools.  Pinnacle is one of 7 valley schools to make the list.

 

The other schools at Desert Ridge deserve recognition as well.  Desert Trails and Wildfire Elementary Schools serve the Desert Ridge area.  Wildfire is just completing its first year of educating our future leaders, so no statistics are available yet.  Desert Trails on the other hand has consistently made our community proud.  It is rated as an "Excelling School" by the state.  Both Desert Trails and Wildfire, among other schools, feed into Explorer Middle School.  Explorer has also achieved the Excelling rating from the state.  I am providing links to all of these schools and the district if you would like more information.  As a parent of kids who attend Desert Trails, I (Adam) can say there is a lot to be proud of.

 

Any parent would consider schools to be an important part of a decision on where to move and which home to purchase.  If you are considering purchasing a home in the Desert Ridge area, please feel free to contact us.  We can provide you with first-hand knowledge of what's going on in the area, as well as our professional real estate services that work for you!

 

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/siteweb/          Paradise Valley Unified School District

 

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/dtesweb/         Desert Trails Elementary

 

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/wfesweb/        Wildfire Elementary

 

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/~bbecke/EMS/         Explorer Middle School

 

http://cmweb.pvschools.net/siteweb/Schools.htm   (Click on Pinnacle in the School Menu)     Pinnacle High

 

School's out today by the way!!  Have a great Memorial Day weekend!!

Adam Tarr, ePro
Sharon Kotula, ABR
RE/MAX Excalibur
Scottsdale, AZ
480-483-3333
info@WeAreAZRealEstate.com

www.WeAreAZRealEstate.com

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