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GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology

THATCHER · AZ · Gila Institute for Technology (79387) · Public

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How GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology compares for families

What families should know about GIFT - Gila Institute for Technology.

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Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
162.5%
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
39
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. 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 +15.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 24 students:

2025
28
2027
37
2029
49

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
GIFT - Thatcher High School
Thatcher
Public 0.9
Thatcher High School
Thatcher
Public 0.9 512 -8.2%
Safford High School
SAFFORD
Public 2.4 828 +6.4%
GIFT - Safford High School
SAFFORD
Public 2.4 1
GIFT - Mt. Graham High School
Safford
Public 3.9
Mt Graham High School
SAFFORD
Public 3.9 86 +17.8%
Dan Hinton Accommodation School
Pima
Public 5.0 6
GIFT - Pima High School
PIMA
Public 5.3 1

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