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Chandler High School

CHANDLER · AZ · Chandler Unified District #80 (4242) · Public · K-12 combined

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📚AP rigor: 82th percentile nationally 📖30 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 30 AP courses offered — Elite
  • 🔢 4 calculus classes · 4 physics · 5 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 82th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 95th percentile by test-taker volume
  • 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 90% (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)

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

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How Chandler High School compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor in the top 18% nationally with 30 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 - Chandler High School, EVIT - Arizona College Prep Erie Campus, Hill Academy @ ICAN 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

82th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
30
Math ✓ · Science ✓
Advanced math classes
12
4 calculus · 8 advanced
Lab science classes
9
4 physics · 5 chemistry
Other rigor signals
No dual-enrollment or gifted program reported

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

95th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
604
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
19.0
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.

🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts

What % of students graduate on time?

Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate

50th 90th
4-year graduation rate
90%
Single-point estimate
4-year cohort size
843
Students in the 9th-grade entry class tracked over 4 years
Compared against
17,988
US high schools reporting 4-year ACGR

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
5.2%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
15.1%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

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.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
397:1
Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.
Counselor FTE
8.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
157
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 803 in 2021 to 817 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+1.7%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -3.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 3,179 students:

2025
3,064
2027
2,848
2029
2,646

≈ 533 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 $11,338 per student in district revenue, the 533 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $6,043,154/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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
EVIT - Chandler High School
CHANDLER
Public 0.0 1
EVIT - Arizona College Prep Erie Campus
CHANDLER
Public 1.1 1
Hill Academy @ ICAN
CHANDLER
Public 1.1 39
Chandler Learning Center
CHANDLER
Public 1.5 58
Intelli-School
CHANDLER
Public · charter 1.7 48
Great Hearts Academies - Chandler Prep
CHANDLER
Public · charter 1.9 339 +4.3%
Great Hearts Academies - Archway Chandler
CHANDLER
Public · charter 2.0
AZ Compass Prep School
CHANDLER
Public · charter 2.0 173 -0.6%

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