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St Andrew'S School → Middletown High School → MOT Charter School → Appoquinimink High School → St. Georges Technical High School → Aquinas Academy → Smyrna High School → First State Military Academy →📋 At a glance
- 📚 2 AP courses offered — Limited
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Odessa High School compares for families
What families should know about Odessa High School.
- ▸ LocallyDE 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: St Andrew'S School, Middletown High School, MOT Charter School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 18% 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 · 2020-21Source: 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. 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
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 +28.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,254 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $21,455 per student in district revenue, the 3,127 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $67,089,785/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Andrew'S School Middletown |
Private | 1.9 | 316 | +2.9% |
| Middletown High School Middletown |
Public | 2.3 | 1,231 | -21.9% |
| MOT Charter School Middletown |
Public · charter | 4.8 | 716 | +7.2% |
| Appoquinimink High School Middletown |
Public | 5.2 | 1,357 | -14.4% |
| St. Georges Technical High School Middletown |
Public | 6.3 | 1,198 | +6.0% |
| Aquinas Academy Bear |
Private | 9.5 | 81 | -4.7% |
| Smyrna High School Smyrna |
Public | 9.7 | 1,777 | +3.2% |
| First State Military Academy Clayton |
Public · charter | 10.0 | 433 | -5.0% |