Tesla Engineering Charter School
Appleton · WI · Appleton Area School District · Public charter
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Renaissance School → Little Chute Career Pathways Academy → Hilbert High → Fox Cities Leadership Academy → Appleton Technical Academy → Appleview → Valley New School → Shiocton High →At a glance
- 19 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 2 calculus classes · 2 physics · 3 chemistry
- AP rigor: 86th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 31% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 90% in 2019 (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Tesla Engineering Charter School compares for families
Standout academic depth by national standards.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 14% nationally with 19 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyWI students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+8 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Renaissance School, Little Chute Career Pathways Academy, Hilbert High and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
86th 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 · 2020-21Bottom 31% 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?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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 Wisconsin-Madison
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 $17,354/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 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +1.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 147 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renaissance School Appleton |
Public · charter | 3.1 | 151 | +9.4% |
| Little Chute Career Pathways Academy Little Chute |
Public · charter | 4.2 | 93 | -23.8% |
| Hilbert High Hilbert |
Public | 12.7 | 157 | +4.0% |
| Fox Cities Leadership Academy Appleton |
Public · charter | 4.6 | 78 | +14.7% |
| Appleton Technical Academy Appleton |
Public · charter | 3.1 | 68 | -11.7% |
| Appleview Appleton |
Public | 2.0 | — | — |
| Valley New School Appleton |
Public · charter | 1.9 | 52 | — |
| Shiocton High Shiocton |
Public | 16.8 | 208 | -1.9% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantTesla Engineering Charter School is a public high school in Appleton, WI, enrolling 147 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
It offers 19 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 86% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
29 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 31% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
28% 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 AP courses does Tesla Engineering Charter School offer? Tesla Engineering Charter School offers 19 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 86% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Tesla Engineering Charter School's graduation rate? Tesla Engineering Charter School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 90% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Tesla Engineering Charter School? Tesla Engineering Charter School is a public high school in Appleton, WI, enrolling 147 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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