PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center
TUCSON · AZ · Portable Practical Educational Preparation Inc. ( (4431) · Public charter
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Alta Vista High School → Pima County JTED - Bridges Day Program → Pima County JTED - Bridges Evening Program → Innovation Tech High School → Youth Works Charter High School → Toltecali High School → PJCTED - Star Academic High School → STAR Academic High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 17% (Bottom 2% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center compares for families
What families should know about PPEP TEC - Celestino Fernandez Learning Center.
- ▸ 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: Alta Vista High School, Pima County JTED - Bridges Day Program, Pima County JTED - Bridges Evening Program 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?
Bottom 2% 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.
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 -4.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 116 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alta Vista High School TUCSON |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 495 | +6.7% |
| Pima County JTED - Bridges Day Program Tucson |
Public | 1.5 | 4 | — |
| Pima County JTED - Bridges Evening Program TUCSON |
Public | 1.5 | 57 | — |
| Innovation Tech High School Tucson |
Public | 1.5 | 333 | +27.1% |
| Youth Works Charter High School TUCSON |
Public · charter | 1.6 | 28 | — |
| Toltecali High School TUCSON |
Public · charter | 1.7 | 126 | -8.0% |
| PJCTED - Star Academic High School Tucson |
Public | 1.7 | — | — |
| STAR Academic High School TUCSON |
Public | 1.7 | 265 | -4.0% |