BASIS Scottsdale
SCOTTSDALE · AZ · BASIS Charter Schools Inc. (81078) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Desert Mountain High School → EVIT - Desert Mountain High School → Az Aspire Academy → Sierra Academy Of Scottsdale → Fountain Hills High School → Notre Dame Preparatory → Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy → Great Hearts Academies - Cicero Prep →📋 At a glance
- 📚 27 AP courses offered — Elite
- 🔢 10 calculus classes · 3 physics · 3 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 54th percentile by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 97% (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How BASIS Scottsdale compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 27 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 Mountain High School, EVIT - Desert Mountain High School, Az Aspire Academy 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 · 2020-2154th percentile 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?
90th 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 -1.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,023 students:
≈ 54 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 $8,719 per student in district revenue, the 54 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $470,826/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 Mountain High School Scottsdale |
Public | 0.5 | 1,905 | +0.6% |
| EVIT - Desert Mountain High School Scottsdale |
Public | 0.5 | — | — |
| Az Aspire Academy Tempe |
Private | 3.0 | 286 | — |
| Sierra Academy Of Scottsdale Scottsdale |
Private | 4.5 | 41 | — |
| Fountain Hills High School FOUNTAIN HILLS |
Public | 4.8 | 347 | -27.9% |
| Notre Dame Preparatory Scottsdale |
Private | 5.4 | 863 | -6.7% |
| Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy SCOTTSDALE |
Public · charter | 5.5 | 76 | — |
| Great Hearts Academies - Cicero Prep SCOTTSDALE |
Public · charter | 5.6 | 223 | +19.9% |