Glendale High School

GLENDALE · AZ · Glendale Union High School District (4285) · Public

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📚AP rigor: 86th percentile nationally 📖11 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

📚 11 AP courses offered — Elite
✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
✅ Gifted & talented program
🔢 4 calculus classes · 1 physics · 11 chemistry

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: 86th percentile nationally
📝 SAT/ACT participation: 91th percentile by test-taker volume
🎓 4-yr grad rate: 91% (54th percentile nationally)

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

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How Glendale High School compares for families

Standout academic depth by national standards.

▸ StatewideAP rigor in the top 14% nationally with 11 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: West-MEC - Glendale High School, Crown Point High School, Children'S Center For Neurodevelopmental Studies 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

86th percentile nationally

Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor

AP courses offered

Math ✓ · Science ✓

Advanced math classes

4 calculus · 5 advanced

Lab science classes

1 physics · 11 chemistry

Other rigor signals

✅ Dual-enrollment program
✅ Gifted/talented program

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

91th percentile by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

457

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

26.4

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?

54th percentile nationally

4-year graduation rate

91%

Single-point estimate

4-year cohort size

323

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)

6.0%

Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

39.3%

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

434:1

Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.

Counselor FTE

4.0

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

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 344 in 2021 to 363 in 2024 — over 3 years.

+5.5%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of -2.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,734 students:

2025

1,698

2027

1,629

2029

1,562

≈ 172 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 $11,547 per student in district revenue, the 172 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $1,986,084/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
West-MEC - Glendale High School GLENDALE	Public	0.0	21	—
Crown Point High School Glendale	Public · charter	0.5	55	-3.5%
Children'S Center For Neurodevelopmental Studies Glendale	Private	1.0	48	—
West-MEC - Independence High School GLENDALE	Public	1.7	13	—
Independence High School GLENDALE	Public	1.7	1,907	-8.4%
West-MEC Glendale Community College Glendale	Public	2.1	2	—
West-MEC - Apollo High School GLENDALE	Public	2.2	14	—
Apollo High School GLENDALE	Public	2.2	2,152	-0.2%