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Mingus Online Academy

COTTONWOOD · AZ · Mingus Union High School District (4488) · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 75% (Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

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How Mingus Online Academy compares for families

What families should know about Mingus Online Academy.

  • 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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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
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.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 21% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
75%
Range: 50–100%
4-year cohort size
8
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
9:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
4.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
1
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 -23.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 37 students:

2025
28
2027
16
2029
9

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
VACTE - Mingus Union High School
COTTONWOOD
Public 0.0 1
Mingus Union High School
COTTONWOOD
Public 0.0 1,165 -6.4%
VACTE - Cottonwood-Oak Creek Unified School District
COTTONWOOD
Public 0.6
VACTE - Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education
COTTONWOOD
Public 0.9 7
American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood
COTTONWOOD
Public · charter 1.1 83
Arizona iZone Institute
COTTONWOOD
Public 2.1 7
Rise Resource Center
Cottonwood
Private 2.1 46
Cottonwood Education Services
COTTONWOOD
Public 2.2 42

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