BASIS Ahwatukee
PHOENIX · AZ · BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (91339) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Desert Garden Montessori → TAPBI → EVIT - Compadre High School → Compadre High School → Mountain Pointe High School → EVIT - Mountain Pointe High School → Skyline Prep High School → Pinnacle High School - Tempe →📋 At a glance
- 📚 21 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 6 calculus classes · 5 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 45% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 95% (75th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How BASIS Ahwatukee compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 21 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: Desert Garden Montessori, TAPBI, EVIT - Compadre High School 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
70th percentile nationally
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 · 2020-21Bottom 45% 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?
75th percentile nationally
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 -2.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 661 students:
≈ 88 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $8,404 per student in district revenue, the 88 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $739,552/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Garden Montessori Phoenix |
Private | 1.3 | 178 | +13.4% |
| TAPBI TEMPE |
Public | 1.6 | 175 | -43.7% |
| EVIT - Compadre High School TEMPE |
Public | 1.7 | — | — |
| Compadre High School TEMPE |
Public | 1.7 | — | — |
| Mountain Pointe High School PHOENIX |
Public | 2.1 | 1,570 | -19.4% |
| EVIT - Mountain Pointe High School PHOENIX |
Public | 2.1 | — | — |
| Skyline Prep High School Phoenix |
Public · charter | 2.2 | 167 | -6.2% |
| Pinnacle High School - Tempe TEMPE |
Public · charter | 2.7 | 10 | — |