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Desert Rose Academy Charter School

TUCSON · AZ · Desert Rose AcademyInc. (79441) · Public charter

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Programs & features
  • Program details not reported to CRDC
Academic signals
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 12% (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.

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How Desert Rose Academy Charter School compares for families

What families should know about Desert Rose Academy Charter School.

  • 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: Amphitheater High School, PCJTED - Amphitheater High School, Envision High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 2% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
12%
Range: 10–14%
4-year cohort size
80
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
22.2%
Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
22.2%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 88 in 2021 to 70 in 2024 — over 3 years.
-20.5%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +2.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 150 students:

2025
153
2027
161
2029
168

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Amphitheater High School
TUCSON
Public 0.2 996 -14.4%
PCJTED - Amphitheater High School
TUCSON
Public 0.2 1
Envision High School
TUCSON
Public · charter 0.4 89 +20.3%
Tucson Preparatory School
TUCSON
Public · charter 0.5 80 -29.8%
Rillito Center
TUCSON
Public 0.8 20
PCJTED - Flowing Wells High School
TUCSON
Public 1.3
Pima County JTED - Flowing Wells
TUCSON
Public 1.3 3
Flowing Wells High School
TUCSON
Public 1.3 1,742 +3.0%

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