Empower College Prep High School
PHOENIX · AZ · Empower College Prep (91277) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Southwest Key Transitional Learning Center → Bourgade Catholic High School → AmeriSchools Academy - Camelback → Gompers Private School → Tech Campus → Phoenix Christian Preparatory School → Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona → Valley Lutheran High School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 1 AP courses offered — Moderate
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 2 physics · 2 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Empower College Prep High School compares for families
What families should know about Empower College Prep High 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: Southwest Key Transitional Learning Center, Bourgade Catholic High School, AmeriSchools Academy - Camelback and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 33% of US high schools
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
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?
75th percentile nationally
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.
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 +0.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 373 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,628 per student in district revenue, the 15 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $189,420/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Key Transitional Learning Center PHOENIX |
Public | 0.8 | — | — |
| Bourgade Catholic High School Phoenix |
Private | 1.1 | 345 | -12.0% |
| AmeriSchools Academy - Camelback PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 1.2 | — | — |
| Gompers Private School Phoenix |
Private | 1.5 | 10 | — |
| Tech Campus PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 1.5 | 442 | +45.4% |
| Phoenix Christian Preparatory School Phoenix |
Private | 1.5 | 458 | +19.3% |
| Girls Leadership Academy of Arizona Phoenix |
Public · charter | 1.6 | 48 | — |
| Valley Lutheran High School Phoenix |
Private | 1.7 | 134 | -18.8% |