The Paideia Academy of South Phoenix

Phoenix · AZ · The Paideia Academies Inc (91250) · Public charter · K-12 combined

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Paideia Liberal Arts Academy → AAEC - SMCC Campus → Hope College and Career Readiness Academy → NFL YET College Prep Academy → Kaizen Education Foundation dba Quest High School → South Pointe High School → International Commerce High School - Phoenix → South Mountain High School →

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)

5.6%

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

2.8%

Strong attendance culture among teachers.

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.

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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

44.5%

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

282

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.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 633 in 2021 to 579 in 2024 — over 3 years.

-8.5%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -2.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 579 students:

2025

563

2027

533

2029

504

≈ 75 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 $10,987 per student in district revenue, the 75 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $824,025/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.

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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
Paideia Liberal Arts Academy PHOENIX	Public · charter	0.1	81	—
AAEC - SMCC Campus PHOENIX	Public · charter	0.5	426	-14.6%
Hope College and Career Readiness Academy PHOENIX	Public	0.9	83	+48.2%
NFL YET College Prep Academy PHOENIX	Public · charter	1.3	233	-12.1%
Kaizen Education Foundation dba Quest High School PHOENIX	Public · charter	1.4	84	+15.1%
South Pointe High School PHOENIX	Public · charter	1.5	615	+24.7%
International Commerce High School - Phoenix PHOENIX	Public · charter	1.6	202	-34.4%
South Mountain High School PHOENIX	Public	1.7	2,207	+3.0%

At a glance

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The Paideia Academy of South Phoenix is a public high school in Phoenix, AZ, enrolling 579 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Enrollment is down 8% from 2021 to 2024.

44% 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 The Paideia Academy of South Phoenix? The Paideia Academy of South Phoenix is a public high school in Phoenix, AZ, enrolling 579 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.