KELLY

PHOENIX · AZ · Edkey Inc. - Sequoia School for the Deaf and Hard (81050) · Public charter · K-12 combined

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Robert L. Duffy High School → ASU Preparatory Academy- Phoenix High School → ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix High School → Youth Development Institute → Phoenix Union Bioscience High School → Nueva Vista School / Arizona State Hospital → Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory → City View High School →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How KELLY compares for families

What families should know about KELLY.

▸ 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: Robert L. Duffy High School, ASU Preparatory Academy- Phoenix High School, ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: 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.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

88.8%

Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

20.0%

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.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days

28.6%

Elevated above the national average (~16%). Worth understanding — chronic absence compounds into dropout risk, transfer-out risk, and revenue loss.

Students absent 15+ days

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.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

21:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

1.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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 -12.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 21 students:

2025

2027

2029

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
Robert L. Duffy High School PHOENIX	Public · charter	1.7	56	—
ASU Preparatory Academy- Phoenix High School PHOENIX	Public · charter	1.8	360	+9.4%
ASU Preparatory Academy - South Phoenix High School PHOENIX	Public · charter	1.9	175	+53.5%
Youth Development Institute Phoenix	Private	1.9	68	-48.5%
Phoenix Union Bioscience High School PHOENIX	Public	2.0	390	+3.4%
Nueva Vista School / Arizona State Hospital PHOENIX	Public	2.0	—	—
Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory PHOENIX	Public	2.4	197	-3.4%
City View High School PHOENIX	Public · charter	2.5	72	-32.7%