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Maricopa Institute of Technology

PHOENIX · AZ · Estrella Educational Foundation (92988) · Public charter

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📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 2 AP courses offered — Moderate
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools

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

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How Maricopa Institute of Technology 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: West-MEC - Sierra Linda High School, Sierra Linda High School, Country Gardens Charter School 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 40% of US high schools

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AP courses offered
2
Science ✓
Advanced math classes
3
0 calculus · 3 advanced
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
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

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)
33.3%
Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
0.0%
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
19.7%
Roughly average. The national post-COVID rate climbed to ~16% nationwide; this school is in the middle of the pack.
Students absent 15+ days
83
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 strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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

Grade 12 went from 58 in 2021 to 85 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+46.6%

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

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +8.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 421 students:

2025
457
2027
539
2029
635

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

Revenue upside

At $10,108 per student in district revenue, the 214 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $2,163,112/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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
West-MEC - Sierra Linda High School
TOLLESON
Public 1.6 1
Sierra Linda High School
TOLLESON
Public 1.6 1,911 +2.5%
Country Gardens Charter School
LAVEEN
Public · charter 1.7 63 -17.1%
South Ridge High School
PHOENIX
Public · charter 2.4 359 -17.3%
Hope High School
PHOENIX
Public · charter 2.8 155 -1.3%
Betty Fairfax High School
LAVEEN
Public 2.8 2,014 +9.0%
Heritage Academy Laveen
LAVEEN
Public · charter 2.9 487 +12.7%
Cesar Chavez High School
LAVEEN
Public 3.1 2,598 -3.2%

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