Learning Foundation
Mesa · AZ · CAFA Inc. dba Learning Foundation Performing Arts (79971) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Academy with Community Partners → Mountain View High School → EVIT - Mountain View High School → Heritage Academy → Mesa High School → EVIT - Mesa High School → Westwood High School → EVIT - Westwood High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Learning Foundation compares for families
What families should know about Learning Foundation.
- ▸ 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: Academy with Community Partners, Mountain View High School, EVIT - Mountain 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.
👩🏫 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.
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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 strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -4.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 139 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academy with Community Partners MESA |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 170 | +25.9% |
| Mountain View High School MESA |
Public | 1.9 | 3,421 | +1.0% |
| EVIT - Mountain View High School MESA |
Public | 1.9 | — | — |
| Heritage Academy MESA |
Public · charter | 1.9 | 496 | +0.2% |
| Mesa High School MESA |
Public | 2.5 | 3,233 | -4.1% |
| EVIT - Mesa High School MESA |
Public | 2.5 | 10 | — |
| Westwood High School MESA |
Public | 2.6 | 3,135 | -12.0% |
| EVIT - Westwood High School MESA |
Public | 2.6 | 1 | — |