VACTE - Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education
COTTONWOOD · AZ · Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education (79397) · Public
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How VACTE - Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education compares for families
What families should know about VACTE - Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education.
- ▸ 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: VACTE - Mingus Union High School, Mingus Union High School, VACTE - Cottonwood-Oak Creek Unified School District and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 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 +11.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 7 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VACTE - Mingus Union High School COTTONWOOD |
Public | 0.9 | 1 | — |
| Mingus Union High School COTTONWOOD |
Public | 0.9 | 1,165 | -6.4% |
| VACTE - Cottonwood-Oak Creek Unified School District COTTONWOOD |
Public | 1.0 | — | — |
| American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood COTTONWOOD |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 83 | — |
| Rise Resource Center Cottonwood |
Private | 2.5 | 46 | — |
| Arizona iZone Institute COTTONWOOD |
Public | 2.5 | 7 | — |
| Cottonwood Education Services COTTONWOOD |
Public | 2.6 | 42 | — |
| VACTE - Clarkdale Jerome School District COTTONWOOD |
Public | 5.4 | — | — |