AZ Compass Prep School
CHANDLER · AZ · AZ Compass Schools Inc. (89869) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Intelli-School → Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep → Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler → EVIT - Mesquite High School → Mesquite High School → Kaizen Education Foundation dba El Dorado High School → EVIT - Chandler High School → Chandler High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 8% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 69% (Bottom 14% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How AZ Compass Prep School compares for families
What families should know about AZ Compass Prep School.
- ▸ 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: Intelli-School, Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep, Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 8% 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 14% 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: 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
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 +4.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 267 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $11,077 per student in district revenue, the 59 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $653,543/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intelli-School CHANDLER |
Public · charter | 0.3 | 48 | — |
| Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep CHANDLER |
Public · charter | 0.8 | 339 | +4.3% |
| Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler CHANDLER |
Public · charter | 0.8 | — | — |
| EVIT - Mesquite High School GILBERT |
Public | 1.1 | 1 | — |
| Mesquite High School GILBERT |
Public | 1.1 | 1,303 | -7.7% |
| Kaizen Education Foundation dba El Dorado High School CHANDLER |
Public · charter | 1.3 | 184 | +10.8% |
| EVIT - Chandler High School CHANDLER |
Public | 2.0 | 1 | — |
| Chandler High School CHANDLER |
Public | 2.0 | 3,179 | -10.4% |