Great Hearts Academies - Cicero Prep
SCOTTSDALE · AZ · Cicero Preparatory Academy (92316) · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Saguaro High School → EVIT - Saguaro High School → Sierra Academy Of Scottsdale → Fusion Scottsdale → EVIT - Chaparral High School → Chaparral High School → Brightmont Academy → Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy →📋 At a glance
- 🔢 3 calculus classes · 4 physics · 5 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 47% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 50th 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.
How Great Hearts Academies - Cicero Prep compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ 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: Saguaro High School, EVIT - Saguaro High School, Sierra Academy Of Scottsdale and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Moderate — some AP / advanced course access
Bottom 47% of US high schools
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 · 2020-2150th 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?
Bottom 49% 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 507 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $10,415 per student in district revenue, the 7 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $72,905/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saguaro High School SCOTTSDALE |
Public | 1.3 | 1,300 | -10.5% |
| EVIT - Saguaro High School SCOTTSDALE |
Public | 1.3 | — | — |
| Sierra Academy Of Scottsdale Scottsdale |
Private | 2.0 | 41 | — |
| Fusion Scottsdale Scottsdale |
Private | 2.1 | 95 | — |
| EVIT - Chaparral High School SCOTTSDALE |
Public | 3.4 | 1 | — |
| Chaparral High School SCOTTSDALE |
Public | 3.4 | 1,773 | -16.9% |
| Brightmont Academy Scottsdale |
Private | 3.7 | 51 | — |
| Salt River Accelerated Learning Academy SCOTTSDALE |
Public · charter | 3.9 | 76 | — |