Phoenix Digital Academy
PHOENIX · AZ · Phoenix Union High School District (4286) · Public
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West Phoenix High School → Desiderata Program → Think Through Academy → Arizona Collegiate High School → Tech Campus → Carl Hayden High School → Bourgade Catholic High School → Alhambra High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 50th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 12% (Bottom 2% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Phoenix Digital Academy compares for families
What families should know about Phoenix Digital 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: West Phoenix High School, Desiderata Program, Think Through Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2150th 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 2% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
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
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 -61.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 70 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Phoenix High School PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 0.2 | 403 | -13.3% |
| Desiderata Program PHOENIX |
Public | 0.4 | 67 | — |
| Think Through Academy Phoenix |
Public · charter | 0.6 | 61 | — |
| Arizona Collegiate High School PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 0.7 | 139 | -9.7% |
| Tech Campus PHOENIX |
Public · charter | 1.5 | 442 | +45.4% |
| Carl Hayden High School PHOENIX |
Public | 1.6 | 2,079 | -8.4% |
| Bourgade Catholic High School Phoenix |
Private | 1.8 | 345 | -12.0% |
| Alhambra High School PHOENIX |
Public | 2.0 | 2,169 | -9.4% |