La Joya Community High School
Avondale, AZ 85323
Phone: (623) 478-4400
Fax: (623) 478-7225
District: Tolleson Union High School District
GreatSchools Rating
public • Grades 9,10,11,12 • 2304 students
La Joya Community High School, a public school located in Avondale, AZ, serves grades 9-12 in the Tolleson Union High School District.It has received a GreatSchools Rating of 7 out of 10, based on a variety of school quality measures.
La Joya Community High School is a public school located in Avondale, AZ. 2304 students attend La Joya Community High School.
School Ratings
| Category | Rating | Details |
|---|---|---|
| College Readiness | 6/10 | The College Readiness Rating uses this high school's graduation rates, college entrance exam participation and performance, or AP, IB, or Dual Enrollment participation to determine how well schools are preparing students for success in college and beyond. The College Readiness Rating was created using the following data from the 2021 Civil Rights Data Collection: percentage of students enrolled in IB, AP or Dual Enrollment classes in grades 9-12, using 2025 4-year high school graduation rate data from Arizona Department of Education, using 2025 ACT percent college ready data from Arizona Department of Education, and using 2025 demographic data from Arizona Department of Education. |
| Student Growth | 7/10 | The Student Progress Rating measures whether students at this school are making academic progress over time based on student growth data provided by the Department of Education. Specifically, this rating looks at how much progress individual students have made on state assessments during the past year or more, how this performance aligns with expected progress based on a student growth model established by the state Department of Education, and how this school's growth data compares to other schools in the state. The Growth Rating was created using 2025 Student growth data from Arizona Department of Education. |
Posted: August 4, 2025
Beautiful school, in a part of Avondale thats is growing.
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Posted: January 17, 2024
La Joya is a great school but in my personal experience with my child attending, he has gotten into multiple fights with the special educated kids. I don't know if it is his issue or the schools on why they are all getting in fights with my son. The academics here are just straight up awful the teachers look like they came off the street. 100 percent do not recommend this school in the Tolleson District any other school in the district would be a much greater option.
Posted: January 17, 2024
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Posted: October 31, 2022
The teachers in the school are nice but the people are not and they inflict dumb rules and certain color bathrooms for certain classes even if they are farther. d
Posted: October 31, 2022
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Posted: June 2, 2020
This school is very unique in goods but also bad ways. As a new junior I can say it was alright but I ended up moving because of how students treat each other and how fighting is common here it creates a not so good atmosphere as well with many teachers being lazy at their jobs not all but some. The good they offer many AP classes and many clubs to join and pretty decent at taking their sports seriously. I would say its okay but if your child is considering another school please take them out and send them somewhere else.
Posted: June 2, 2020
There arent many great teachers on this campus and the homework that they assign tends to be way to much plus also give material that wasnt covered in class.
Posted: June 2, 2020
Like I said there isnt really good staff here its a 50/50 chance to get a good teacher and some need to learn of how to take control of their class as there supposed to be teaching not arguing or letting the student bully them or bully the student.
Posted: June 2, 2020
Its also a 50/50 Ive been to four high schools and this school atmosphere lacks community as many people are way to judgmental and create problems within each other, but once in a while you can find a good crowd of people.
Posted: June 2, 2020
This year we received a new principal and I cant say that anything much has changed I do think they could be better to make a better and safer campus but the counselors are a good help and there for their students.
Posted: June 2, 2020
Im not sure but I feel it could be better for those who are special needs or for those leant in other ways in which I say leave cause some teachers lack patience.
Posted: June 2, 2020
Way to many fights and conflict between students happen here and the bus can tend to be chaotic.
Posted: February 13, 2019
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Posted: February 13, 2019
IDE rate it a 4/10...its not a bad school but its not that good either
Posted: July 13, 2016
They are not fair and consistent with the way the students are treated. They have a poor representation with the dean of discipline. This is a racist school that only focus is on race and color very unfortunate as the school is very diverse. Very unprofessional in speaking to Parents and more so to the students. Honestly believe she hates her job. Can not believe they have an administrator working with children like this. This is not a community high school this is a " If I like you, I will let you get away with anything with warnings, if I don't be prepared to be disciplined!" I am sure that other parents feel the same especially with the school ratings. Absolutely no school spirit, and no communication with parents until hours later by then you already know what is going on by students not administration. If you can pick another school for your child to attend do so. I have another son that attended Tolleson High School and nephews at Agua Fria and all have done amazing at those schools. The teachers and the administration are very involved in the education and the student welfare. I will never recommend this school to any other family. Until new administration come onboard.
Posted: July 13, 2016
The encounters I have had at the school are very good. Some care more than others so entrust my children to learn as much as possible.
Posted: July 13, 2016
They keep themselves busy with the amount the teachers give them. Also will give assistance as needed.
Posted: July 13, 2016
Not all children are treated the same. Teaches the kids the division of race and color. I am very involved in the schools at the elementary level and see poor use of language and treatment of the students. No sense of encouragement or corrective actions are not consistent.
Posted: October 25, 2015
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Posted: October 25, 2015
Some don't seem to actually know what they're talking about and if they do they don't fully get the information to us.
Posted: October 25, 2015
I do not like this school for many reasons, for one the school is outdoors. the school has no lockers, they wouldn't take my credits because apparently in Arizona middle schools don't do high school credit courses in middle school, there goes all my hard work. We have to wear IDs all day and that's really dumb, you have this thing called sweep and that's also really dumb, it's like you want us to fail.
Posted: August 15, 2015
This school has some great teachers, and some horrible ones. I like 6 out of 7 of my teachers. On the contrary, the students are some of the most narcissistic and annoying people I have ever met. None of them seem to try to get to know you and most of them just do their makeup or yell at their friends during class (even when the teachers tell them to stop). The worst part of this school by far is the sweep program. Even if you are only a few seconds late to class (you get 5 minutes to try to get to class), you have to go to sweep. Sweep is a classroom where you sit and do nothing for 55 minutes. Most of the time there is no teacher in sweep, which means people play on their phone or hang out with their friends. The best part of this school is the teachers. My favorites are Mr. Beachy , Mr. Kuipers, and the Spanish 3-4 teacher (I forgot her name but I have her as my advisor). I haven't personally tried it, but I heard that the cafeteria food isn't that good and overpriced. They do have lots of food options though. The inside part of the cafeteria fills up very quickly; so many students have to sit outside. It would be nice in the winter, but in the record breaking, 115 degree heat, its too hot to enjoy the outside. It is a very crowed school with around 3000 students. They don't seem to care about dress code. There are a lot of clubs to join. They have chess club, creative writing club, anime club, gamer's club, beatboxing club, feminist club, band, various sports, etc. They do have a lot of electives. The school is very safe. They have security guards, closed campus, and all students have to wear ID's. Overall, there are good aspects and the bad aspects. If you want to mess around, you'll probably like this school. If you want a quality education, I'd recommend AAEC in Avondale. I sincerely hope you take my advice.
Posted: August 15, 2015
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