BASIS Phoenix Central Primary
PHOENIX · AZ · BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (92349) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Phoenix Coding Academy → Central High School → Phoenix Educator Preparatory → PXU City → Phoenix College Preparatory Academy → Arizona Autism Charter School Upper School Campus → North High School → Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona →📋 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 BASIS Phoenix Central Primary compares for families
What families should know about BASIS Phoenix Central Primary.
- ▸ 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: Phoenix Coding Academy, Central High School, Phoenix Educator Preparatory 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 -18.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 239 students:
≈ 154 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $8,490 per student in district revenue, the 154 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,307,460/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phoenix Coding Academy PHOENIX |
Public | 0.6 | 224 | -16.4% |
| Central High School PHOENIX |
Public | 0.7 | 1,733 | -12.0% |
| Phoenix Educator Preparatory PHOENIX |
Public | 0.7 | 5 | — |
| PXU City PHOENIX |
Public | 0.7 | 85 | +63.5% |
| Phoenix College Preparatory Academy PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 261 | +23.1% |
| Arizona Autism Charter School Upper School Campus PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 178 | +134.2% |
| North High School PHOENIX |
Public | 1.2 | 1,837 | -16.3% |
| Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona Phoenix |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 48 | — |