Arizona Charter Academy

Surprise · AZ · Success School (79453) · Public charter · K-12 combined

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Northwest Campus → West-MEC - Valley Vista High School → Valley Vista High School → Dysart High School → West-MEC - Dysart High School → Imagine Prep Surprise → Highland Prep → ThrivePoint High School at Surprise →

This school enrolls few or no students in grades 9–12 — it's primarily an elementary or middle school. High-school measures like SAT participation and AP rigor don't apply.

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‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

27.3%

Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

11.4%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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

86%

admit rate

$13,926

in-state tuition/yr · $42,278 out-of-state

1160–1420

SAT 25–75 · ACT 21–30

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.

See the full University of Arizona profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

31.0%

Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.

Students absent 15+ days

302

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

2098:1

Well above the US median — a real constraint on individualized college and course planning.

Counselor FTE

0.5

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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 went from 973 in 2021 to 1,049 in 2024 — over 3 years.

+7.8%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +2.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,049 students:

2025

1,075

2027

1,128

2029

1,183

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $10,174 per student in district revenue, the 134 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,363,316/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
Northwest Campus SURPRISE	Public	0.3	40	—
West-MEC - Valley Vista High School SURPRISE	Public	2.6	22	—
Valley Vista High School SURPRISE	Public	2.6	2,334	-5.8%
Dysart High School EL MIRAGE	Public	2.7	1,471	+0.3%
West-MEC - Dysart High School EL MIRAGE	Public	2.7	1	—
Imagine Prep Surprise SURPRISE	Public · charter	3.3	251	-17.4%
Highland Prep SURPRISE	Public · charter	3.3	505	+2.0%
ThrivePoint High School at Surprise SURPRISE	Public · charter	4.2	323	+116.8%

At a glance

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Arizona Charter Academy is a public high school in Surprise, AZ, enrolling 1,049 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Enrollment is up 8% from 2021 to 2024.

It has about 2,098 students per school counselor.

31% 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

How many students attend Arizona Charter Academy? Arizona Charter Academy is a public high school in Surprise, AZ, enrolling 1,049 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.