Hamilton High School
CHANDLER · AZ · Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) · Public · K-12 combined
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EVIT - Hamilton High School → BASIS Chandler → Tri-City Christian Academy → Hill Academy @ ICAN → Great Hearts Academies - Lincoln Prep → Chandler Learning Center → Arizona College Prep High School → Arizona Connections Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 33 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 3 physics · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 80th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 5.0% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 91% (54th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Hamilton High School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 20% nationally with 33 AP courses.
- ▸ 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: EVIT - Hamilton High School, BASIS Chandler, Tri-City Christian Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
80th percentile nationally
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 · 2020-21Top 5.0% by test-taker volume
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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
54th 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.
Counselor capacity
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 -4.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 3,444 students:
≈ 675 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $11,338 per student in district revenue, the 675 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $7,653,150/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EVIT - Hamilton High School CHANDLER |
Public | 0.0 | 1 | — |
| BASIS Chandler CHANDLER |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 361 | -4.2% |
| Tri-City Christian Academy Chandler |
Private | 2.6 | 235 | -8.2% |
| Hill Academy @ ICAN CHANDLER |
Public | 3.0 | 39 | — |
| Great Hearts Academies - Lincoln Prep CHANDLER |
Public · charter | 3.4 | 235 | +19.3% |
| Chandler Learning Center CHANDLER |
Public | 3.4 | 58 | — |
| Arizona College Prep High School CHANDLER |
Public | 3.5 | 2,271 | +85.4% |
| Arizona Connections Academy GILBERT |
Public · charter | 3.8 | 866 | -13.0% |