Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory
PHOENIX · AZ · Phoenix Union High School District (4286) · Public
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- 📚 3 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 2 calculus classes · 6 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 59th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 59th percentile by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Phoenix Union-Wilson College Preparatory compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 59th percentile nationally with 3 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: Valiant College Preparatory, Nueva Vista School / Arizona State Hospital, Robert L. Duffy High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
59th 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 · 2020-2159th percentile 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.
👩🏫 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 strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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
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 -1.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 197 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valiant College Preparatory Phoenix |
Private | 0.0 | 63 | — |
| Nueva Vista School / Arizona State Hospital PHOENIX |
Public | 0.5 | — | — |
| Robert L. Duffy High School PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 56 | — |
| Sonoran Science Academy - Phoenix PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 130 | +26.2% |
| Gateway Early College High School PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 1.2 | 350 | +13.3% |
| Youth Development Institute Phoenix |
Private | 1.5 | 68 | -48.5% |
| Ombudsman - Charter East PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 2.1 | 188 | +84.3% |
| Holy Family Academy Phoenix |
Private | 2.3 | 91 | — |