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TMCC MAGNET SCHOOL → Alpine Academy High School → Coral Academy High School → enCompass Academy → INNOVATIONS HIGH SCHOOL → ACADEMY OF ARTS CAREERS & TECH → Davidson Academy → INCLINE HIGH SCHOOL →At a glance
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 43% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 95% in 2019 (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Academy for Career Education compares for families
What families should know about Academy for Career Education.
- ▸ LocallyNV trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−10 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: TMCC MAGNET SCHOOL, Alpine Academy High School, Coral Academy High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 43% 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?
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.
Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Nevada-Reno
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 $15,927/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.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 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 +8.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 275 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,560 per student in district revenue, the 142 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,783,520/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TMCC MAGNET SCHOOL RENO |
Public | 4.3 | 245 | +10.4% |
| Alpine Academy High School Sparks |
Public · charter | 3.6 | 224 | +65.9% |
| Coral Academy High School RENO |
Public · charter | 3.0 | 396 | +13.8% |
| enCompass Academy RENO |
Public · charter | 3.1 | 153 | +56.1% |
| INNOVATIONS HIGH SCHOOL Reno |
Public | 2.7 | 149 | +62.0% |
| ACADEMY OF ARTS CAREERS & TECH RENO |
Public | 1.2 | 572 | +4.8% |
| Davidson Academy Reno |
Public | 2.8 | 126 | -4.5% |
| INCLINE HIGH SCHOOL INCLINE VILLAGE |
Public | 20.1 | 304 | -6.2% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantAcademy for Career Education is a public high school in Reno, NV, enrolling 275 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is up 30% from 2021 to 2024.
51 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 43% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.
18% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
What is Academy for Career Education's graduation rate? Academy for Career Education's federal four-year graduation rate was about 95% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Academy for Career Education? Academy for Career Education is a public high school in Reno, NV, enrolling 275 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.
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