Southgate Academy
TUCSON · AZ · Southgate Academy Inc. (79085) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center → Toltecali High School → Desert Sage High School → Pima Partnership School The → Edge High School - Himmel Park → Nosotros Academy → Ombudsman Hiaki Charter → Ombudsman - Charter Valencia →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Southgate Academy compares for families
What families should know about Southgate Academy.
- ▸ 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: PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center, Toltecali High School, Desert Sage High School 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.
🎓 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.
🏛️ 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.
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 -1.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 367 students:
≈ 26 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 $17,790 per student in district revenue, the 26 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $462,540/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center TUCSON |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 116 | -11.5% |
| Toltecali High School TUCSON |
Public · charter | 2.0 | 126 | -8.0% |
| Desert Sage High School TUCSON |
Public · charter | 7.0 | 90 | — |
| Pima Partnership School The TUCSON |
Public · charter | 7.2 | 86 | -31.2% |
| Edge High School - Himmel Park TUCSON |
Public · charter | 7.5 | 86 | -7.5% |
| Nosotros Academy TUCSON |
Public · charter | 6.4 | 142 | +32.7% |
| Ombudsman Hiaki Charter Tucson |
Public · charter | 5.6 | 152 | +22.6% |
| Ombudsman - Charter Valencia TUCSON |
Public · charter | 1.1 | 205 | -52.3% |