Mountainside High School
WITTMANN · AZ · Nadaburg Unified School District (4252) · Public
📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Mountainside High School compares for families
What families should know about Mountainside 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: ThrivePoint High School at Surprise, Wickenburg High School, Highland Prep 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.
🏛️ 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: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
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 +41.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 378 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $13,959 per student in district revenue, the 1,785 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $24,916,815/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ThrivePoint High School at Surprise SURPRISE |
Public · charter | 12.4 | 323 | +116.8% |
| Wickenburg High School WICKENBURG |
Public | 18.8 | 384 | -20.3% |
| Highland Prep SURPRISE |
Public · charter | 13.7 | 505 | +2.0% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Glendale Prep PEORIA |
Public · charter | 17.5 | 324 | +20.0% |
| BASIS Peoria PEORIA |
Public · charter | 15.1 | 286 | +6.7% |
| Imagine Prep Surprise SURPRISE |
Public · charter | 13.4 | 251 | -17.4% |
| Peoria Accelerated High School PEORIA |
Public · charter | 21.0 | 496 | -2.4% |
| American Leadership Academy West Foothills K-12 Surprise |
Public · charter | 15.6 | 791 | +132.6% |