Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
EVIT - East Valley Institute of Technology → Sequoia Charter School → International Commerce High School - Tempe → Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep → Sun Valley High School → Tempe Preparatory Academy → Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 → Great Hearts Academies - Arete Prep →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 17% (Bottom 2% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How East Valley Academy compares for families
What families should know about East Valley 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: EVIT - East Valley Institute of Technology, Sequoia Charter School, International Commerce High School - Tempe and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Source: 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 2% 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.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +3.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 295 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,419 per student in district revenue, the 54 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $670,626/year in additional funding.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVIT - East Valley Institute of Technology MESA |
Public | 1.3 | 300 | +96.1% |
| Sequoia Charter School MESA |
Public · charter | 2.2 | 295 | -17.4% |
| International Commerce High School - Tempe TEMPE |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 290 | +16.0% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep CHANDLER |
Public · charter | 4.6 | 339 | +4.3% |
| Sun Valley High School MESA |
Public · charter | 4.6 | 345 | -8.2% |
| Tempe Preparatory Academy TEMPE |
Public · charter | 4.0 | 230 | -5.3% |
| Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 GILBERT |
Public | 4.4 | 379 | -19.2% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Arete Prep Gilbert |
Public · charter | 6.7 | 243 | -2.8% |