American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood
COTTONWOOD · AZ · Edkey Inc. dba American Heritage Academy (6365) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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VACTE - Cottonwood-Oak Creek Unified School District → VACTE - Mingus Union High School → Mingus Union High School → VACTE - Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education → Rise Resource Center → Arizona iZone Institute → Cottonwood Education Services → VACTE - Clarkdale Jerome School District →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% 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.
How American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood compares for families
What families should know about American Heritage Academy - Cottonwood.
- ▸ 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 - Cottonwood-Oak Creek Unified School District, VACTE - Mingus Union High School, Mingus Union High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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
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.
👩🏫 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: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 240 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,024 per student in district revenue, the 80 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $801,920/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.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VACTE - Cottonwood-Oak Creek Unified School District COTTONWOOD |
Public | 0.6 | — | — |
| VACTE - Mingus Union High School COTTONWOOD |
Public | 1.1 | 1 | — |
| Mingus Union High School COTTONWOOD |
Public | 1.1 | 1,165 | -6.4% |
| VACTE - Valley Academy for Career and Technology Education COTTONWOOD |
Public | 1.2 | 7 | — |
| Rise Resource Center Cottonwood |
Private | 1.3 | 46 | — |
| Arizona iZone Institute COTTONWOOD |
Public | 1.4 | 7 | — |
| Cottonwood Education Services COTTONWOOD |
Public | 1.4 | 42 | — |
| VACTE - Clarkdale Jerome School District COTTONWOOD |
Public | 4.3 | — | — |