Great Hearts Academies - Maryvale Prep

PHOENIX · AZ · Maryvale Preparatory Academy (90861) · Public charter · K-12 combined

Public 🏛 Maryvale Preparatory Academy (90861) →

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Most similar nearby schools

Glenview College Preparatory High School → Alhambra High School → Maryvale High School → Bourgade Catholic High School → Career and College Prep → Lexington Life Academy - Phoenix → Children'S Center For Neurodevelopmental Studies → West Phoenix High School →

📋 At a glance

Programs & features

Academic signals

🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 28% by test-taker volume

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

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How Great Hearts Academies - Maryvale Prep compares for families

What families should know about Great Hearts Academies - Maryvale Prep.

▸ 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: Glenview College Preparatory High School, Alhambra High School, Maryvale High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

Bottom 28% by test-taker volume

SAT/ACT test-takers

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

Test-taking intensity

13.2

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.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

51.6%

Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

3.2%

Strong attendance culture among teachers.

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

Share of students absent 15+ days

30.5%

Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.

Students absent 15+ days

364

Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

1192:1

Well above the US median — a real constraint on individualized college and course planning.

Counselor FTE

1.0

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

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +9.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,192 students:

2025

1,310

2027

1,580

2029

1,908

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $10,607 per student in district revenue, the 716 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $7,594,612/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
Glenview College Preparatory High School GLENDALE	Public · charter	1.2	536	+6.1%
Alhambra High School PHOENIX	Public	1.2	2,169	-9.4%
Maryvale High School PHOENIX	Public	1.9	2,532	-8.5%
Bourgade Catholic High School Phoenix	Private	2.0	345	-12.0%
Career and College Prep Phoenix	Public · charter	2.1	96	-9.4%
Lexington Life Academy - Phoenix Phoenix	Private	2.2	276	—
Children'S Center For Neurodevelopmental Studies Glendale	Private	2.3	48	—
West Phoenix High School PHOENIX	Public · charter	2.4	403	-13.3%