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Eastmark High School

Mesa · AZ · Queen Creek Unified District (4245) · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
  • 📚 6 AP courses offered — Strong
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
  • 🔢 2 calculus classes · 3 physics · 8 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 64th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 67th percentile by test-taker volume

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

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How Eastmark High School compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor at the 64th percentile nationally with 6 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 Eastmark High School, BASIS Mesa, ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic 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

64th percentile nationally

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AP courses offered
6
Math ✓ · Science ✓
Advanced math classes
2
2 calculus · 0 advanced
Lab science classes
11
3 physics · 8 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ Gifted/talented program

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 · 2020-21

67th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
136
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
11.4
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
21.7%
Elevated above the national average (~16%). Worth understanding — chronic absence compounds into dropout risk, transfer-out risk, and revenue loss.
Students absent 15+ days
410
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
472:1
Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.
Counselor FTE
4.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
59
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

Grade 12 went from 141 in 2021 to 261 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+85.1%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +2.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,889 students:

2025
1,930
2027
2,015
2029
2,103

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $11,716 per student in district revenue, the 214 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $2,507,224/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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
EVIT Eastmark High School
MESA
Public 0.0 3
BASIS Mesa
MESA
Public · charter 0.6 137 -13.8%
ASU Preparatory Academy-Polytechnic High School
Mesa
Public · charter 3.0 369 +18.3%
EVIT - Desert Ridge High School
MESA
Public 3.4
Desert Ridge High
MESA
Public 3.4 2,103 -12.4%
American Leadership Academy of Applied Technologies
Mesa
Public · charter 3.6 432 +57.1%
EVIT - American Leadership Academy of Applied Technologies
MESA
Public 3.6
Heritage Academy Gateway
Queen Creek
Public · charter 3.6 582 +27.9%

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