Southgate Academy
TUCSON · AZ · Southgate Academy Inc. (79085) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center → Toltecali High School → Desert Sage High School → Pima Partnership School The → Edge High School - Himmel Park → Nosotros Academy → Ombudsman Hiaki Charter → Ombudsman - Charter Valencia →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Southgate Academy compares for families
What families should know about Southgate Academy.
- ▸ 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: PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center, Toltecali High School, Desert Sage 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?
75th percentile nationally
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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -1.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 367 students:
≈ 26 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $17,790 per student in district revenue, the 26 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $462,540/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center TUCSON |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 116 | -11.5% |
| Toltecali High School TUCSON |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 126 | -8.0% |
| Desert Sage High School TUCSON |
Public · charter | 7.0 | 90 | — |
| Pima Partnership School The TUCSON |
Public · charter | 7.2 | 86 | -31.2% |
| Edge High School - Himmel Park TUCSON |
Public · charter | 7.5 | 86 | -7.5% |
| Nosotros Academy TUCSON |
Public · charter | 6.4 | 142 | +32.7% |
| Ombudsman Hiaki Charter Tucson |
Public · charter | 5.6 | 152 | +22.6% |
| Ombudsman - Charter Valencia TUCSON |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 205 | -52.3% |