Robert L. Duffy High School
PHOENIX · AZ · Career Success Schools (79047) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Genesis Academy → Think Through Academy → City View High School → Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona → Desert Marigold School → Hope College and Career Readiness Academy → Paideia Liberal Arts Academy → PXU City →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 10% (Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Robert L. Duffy High School compares for families
What families should know about Robert L. Duffy High School.
- ▸ LocallyAZ sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Genesis Academy, Think Through Academy, City View High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 1% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Arizona
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $16,674/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +41.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 56 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis Academy PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 2.6 | 49 | — |
| Think Through Academy Phoenix |
Public · charter | 6.3 | 61 | — |
| City View High School PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 72 | -32.7% |
| Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona Phoenix |
Public · charter | 5.3 | 48 | — |
| Desert Marigold School PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 41 | — |
| Hope College and Career Readiness Academy PHOENIX |
Public | 4.2 | 83 | +48.2% |
| Paideia Liberal Arts Academy PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 5.1 | 81 | — |
| PXU City PHOENIX |
Public | 4.6 | 85 | +63.5% |