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TEMPE · AZ · Tempe Union High School District (4287) · Public

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📚AP rigor: 78th percentile nationally 📖11 AP courses

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Programs & features
  • 📚 11 AP courses offered — Elite
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
  • 🔢 1 calculus classes · 5 physics · 4 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 78th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 70th percentile by test-taker volume

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

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How TAPBI compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor in the top 22% nationally with 11 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 - Compadre High School, Compadre High School, BASIS Ahwatukee 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

78th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
11
Math ✓ · Science ✓
Advanced math classes
11
1 calculus · 10 advanced
Lab science classes
9
5 physics · 4 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

70th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
155
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
88.6
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.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
175:1
Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.
Counselor FTE
1.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
12
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 136 in 2021 to 77 in 2024 — over 3 years.
-43.4%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -17.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 175 students:

2025
144
2027
98
2029
67

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
EVIT - Compadre High School
TEMPE
Public 0.1
Compadre High School
TEMPE
Public 0.1
BASIS Ahwatukee
PHOENIX
Public · charter 1.6 196 +11.4%
EVIT - Marcos De Niza High School
TEMPE
Public 1.7 4
Marcos De Niza High School
TEMPE
Public 1.7 1,408 -5.9%
Pinnacle Charter High School-Tempe East
TEMPE
Public · charter 2.1 4
Autism Academy For Ed & Development
Tempe
Private 2.3 116 -63.5%
Accel East Campus
Tempe
Private 2.3 61

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