Pinnacle Charter High School-Tempe East
TEMPE · AZ · Pinnacle Education-WMCB Inc. (79439) · Public charter
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EVIT - Marcos De Niza High School → EVIT - Dobson High School → Compadre High School → EVIT - Compadre High School → EVIT - Corona Del Sol High School → Pinnacle High School - Tempe → Riverview High School → EVIT - Tempe High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Pinnacle Charter High School-Tempe East compares for families
What families should know about Pinnacle Charter High School-Tempe East.
- ▸ 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: EVIT - Marcos De Niza High School, EVIT - Dobson High School, Compadre 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 4% 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.
🏛️ 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
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 -19.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 4 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVIT - Marcos De Niza High School TEMPE |
Public | 0.5 | 4 | — |
| EVIT - Dobson High School MESA |
Public | 2.6 | 3 | — |
| Compadre High School TEMPE |
Public | 2.0 | — | — |
| EVIT - Compadre High School TEMPE |
Public | 2.0 | — | — |
| EVIT - Corona Del Sol High School TEMPE |
Public | 2.8 | — | — |
| Pinnacle High School - Tempe TEMPE |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 10 | — |
| Riverview High School MESA |
Public | 2.6 | 11 | — |
| EVIT - Tempe High School TEMPE |
Public | 3.5 | — | — |