Heritage Academy Gateway
Queen Creek · AZ · Heritage Academy Gateway Inc. (92519) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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American Leadership Academy of Applied Technologies → Benjamin Franklin High School → ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School → American Leadership Academy Queen Creek K-12 → American Leadership Academy Ironwood K12 → American Leadership Academy Gilbert North K-12 → Apache Junction High School → Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 2 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 54th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 56th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Heritage Academy Gateway compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 54th percentile nationally with 1 AP courses.
- ▸ 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: American Leadership Academy of Applied Technologies, Benjamin Franklin High School, ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
54th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2156th percentile 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?
90th 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.
🏛️ 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. 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 +24.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,556 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $9,205 per student in district revenue, the 3,082 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $28,369,810/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Leadership Academy of Applied Technologies Mesa |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 432 | +57.1% |
| Benjamin Franklin High School Queen Creek |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 811 | +15.5% |
| ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School Mesa |
Public · charter | 2.1 | 369 | +18.3% |
| American Leadership Academy Queen Creek K-12 QUEEN CREEK |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 897 | -8.8% |
| American Leadership Academy Ironwood K12 San Tan Valley |
Public · charter | 6.4 | 844 | -10.0% |
| American Leadership Academy Gilbert North K-12 GILBERT |
Public · charter | 5.3 | 915 | -16.1% |
| Apache Junction High School Apache Junction |
Public | 9.6 | 796 | -20.0% |
| Gilbert Classical Academy 7-12 GILBERT |
Public | 9.6 | 379 | -19.2% |